OK,

I just got back from Best Buy asking if they sold any VIAOS with XP. The sales guy said no, that my best chance would be on line. Then he said something ODD.

"Don't buy a PC with Vista and try to install XP. It won't work. The hardware will only run on Vista".

I thanked him and went on my way.

Now there have been a lot of threads here and on other forums about that very statement. So:

Has anyone bought a PC with Vista and done a fresh install of Windows? 2K or XP?

I have one copy of Vista Business I kept trying to install and finally got it running on a dual core xeon 1.? Ghz and 2 GB of ram.

After testing for over a month and ****ing about with AD Policies and templates, I have concluded that there is no way in hell I'm going to put that **** on my network.

/rant

But I am curious as to this "Vista only" Hardware thing. I'll keep my thoughts to myself