So you are getting a Vista laptop? I have a vista laptop (HP 9205Tx). HP doesnt supply XP for this laptop, only Vista. I have now spent a total of 44 hours tracking down every single XP driver for every piece of hardware in this laptop, and now i think i have them all, and am ready to attempt installing XP. Thats how much I like Vista. I guess I just never learned to love the donut.