Guess I forgot to mention that it is 32-bit-Home-Premium. Does that free upgrade to 64-bit include the needed processing power and memory? ;) As for the drivers, I don't know a lot about that. Everything I have installed so far has worked just fine. That includes a Grade Book program provided by my wife's school. A hoop or two may need to be jumped, but so far everything works. I don't know why, but I really do like Vista.

I bought a new laptop since my $350 Dell special wasn't cutting it anymore. I was concerned about all I had heard, but I've never been one that refuses to try something new. As usual, it has proved to be a rewarding experience. Not to turn this into a OS war, but I really like Vista. It really has more features and they are simply easier to find (once you get used to the navigation that is). As with any new OS there is a learning curve, but in less than a week I feel that I can navigate the system fairly well. Also, the permission pop ups made famous by the Mac commercials are horribly exaggerated(can you imagine such a thing?). Memory usage is higher than XP which is why most Vista computers come with a decent amount of memory. It's not overly significant though. On to the important part, Maple 11 in Vista: I can't take credit for most of this, but the last part to get open/save functions to work was added by me. The initial part of the process came from this thread, last post, made by martinvb: http://www.mapleprimes.com/forum/installation-of-maple-10-fails-on-windows-vista I will go through my steps. This is on a Toshiba Satellite running Vista Home Premium. I did not change my display mode. I was and am still running in Aero Mode. Log in as Administrator Locate Maple setup file (mine is Maple11WindowsInstaller.exe) Right Click->Properties Select the Compatibility Tab. Under compatibility mode, check the box labled "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" Select Windows 2000 in the drop down menu Under the Privilege Level, check the box: "Run this Program as an Administrator" Apply the settings and click okay. Run the setup file. You will be asked if you want to continue. If you are not logged in as admin, you will not be allowed to continue. The program will install as usual. Enter your activation code and wait for the installation to finish. When the installation is complete you can use Maple, but if you just open Maple 11 without any further changes you will not be able to open or save files. Otherwise, as far as I could tell everything works as usual. If you would like open/save features (of course!) find the Maple 11 start up file or a shortcut to it. Right click the file->Properties. Click the compatibility tab. Again, check the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and again select "Windows 2000" (I've tried other compatibility modes and 2000 is the only version that works. Could be because I installed under Windows 2000 compatibility mode). Apply settings and click OK. There is no need to run as an Admin. Start Maple. Open your favorite math document and enjoy! The only thing is that Windows may automatically adjust your display mode from Aero to Basic since Maple doesn't support the Aero views(I think this only happens if you open up a maplet of some sort). Once Maple is closed Windows automatically reverts back to your origial appearance settings. Long first post :)