Well, Windows Vista was released yesterday and I went against my better judgement and decided to upgrade my main computer on release day.

I generally don't recommend upgrading right away, simply because there are bound to be compatibility problems with certain software and peripherals until they get updated to support Vista.

But I'm more tempted by Vista than I have been by any version since probably Windows 95 so I decided I'd take my chances.

I'll be going through it over the next week or two and posting my results - how compatible it is with older software, how fast (or slow) it is, what I like better and what I miss about Windows XP.

I'm just putting the finishing touches on the installation, so I'll write up a brief report of how difficult it was to install and get that posted, hopefully today or tomorrow.

Stay tuned…