This. Microsoft made the boneheaded move of allowing retailers to sell machines that had 1GB of RAM installed with Vista. Could they run it? Sure. Could they

This. Microsoft made the boneheaded move of allowing retailers to sell machines that had 1GB of RAM installed with Vista. Could they run it? Sure. Could they run it well? Absolutely not. Because of this, my wife (who made the mistake of letting her "just tech smart enough to be dangerous" sister accompany her to the store) bought a Vista machine that has forever made her swear off "PC's". Now she's a dedicated Mac fan.