In Even the Office 2007 box has a learning curve, Joel Spolsky writes:

I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system -- it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes. Whenever anyone asks, my advice is to stay with Windows XP (and to purchase new systems with XP preinstalled).

(Via Joel on Software)

I’ve been thinking about building/buying a new PC and comments like one the above make me think twice about embracing Vista.