This machine will not run anything older. A coworker got a machine just like mine this Monday, and since one of the applications he needs to do his job doesn't run under Vista he's been trying to sidegrade to Windows XP. All week he's been trying. The theory right now is that it's just not possible; there are no XP-compatible drivers for the onboard disk controller.

The machine in question is from HP, which is as american as it gets, or thereabouts.

I've promised to try it out for a month or so before I ask for someting else.