"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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Look at the second item in Judah's list (the list you quoted when you
top posted).

The Media Center Edition is fine (and may even be desirable). Though,
personally I think anyone buying a Windows operating system today should
make sure that part of the deal is a voucher for a free upgrade to
Vista. I can't say whether Vista will or will not be a major
improvement, but one thing is for su it is the new standard for
Windows PCs, and it would be silly today to spend the $100 (or whatever)
on a copy of XP, when it's already basically obsolete.

The free Vista Upgrade was listed on the third line. It was free.