I have a wee bald patch from upgrading to Vista but am very happy with it now.
There is no reason to upgrade from XP to Vista just as there is no reason to choose XP over Vista when buying new equipment.
That is to say that if you buy a new lap top with an old application then in a very short time you will have an old lap top and will be paying through the nose to upgrade.
Vista's fine, Jan.
John in Kansas will probably drop in with his technical advice but this being Saturday morning.... he's probably sleeping something off, somewhere.
Evolve!
Cheers!
Jim