I got Vista Business only because it came with a new PC which was the same price as XP Professional so I thought may as well get something newer!

I have mixed feelings about Vista...

Cons
- there are some things that took longer to do (more clicks, etc.)
- the visual effects were simply nothing more than just eye-candy
- issues with some software like Flash 8 (opening a symbol takes ages even on a Intel Dual Core 2, 2Gb RAM kit), DW8.02 (somehow kills the Vista global XML help) - obviously, this is related to software themselves and upcoming patches for many software may resolve major issues - these two issues were fixed manually by third party

Pros
- Vista intilliegently "learns" your computer usage so paricularly memory-hog applications like Photoshop are started up quicker
- Quick boot-up (although you could do some tweaks in XP to do the same)
- easily connects to non-PC services, e.g. no need for third-party utilities like MACLAN to connect to Mac printers
- faster search facility
- a lot more secure
- better usage of start menu
- faster response time
- snip tool is included
- better disk management (PMagic is not compatible!)
- folder contents "preview"

Vista does take some getting used to so if you fancy something new and better (and know what you are doing!), then go for it otherwise wait a few months when better support and patches become more available.

I have XP Professional SP2 on my home computer and more than likely won't exclusively purchase Vista. I will probably get Vista when I eventually purchase a new computer.