Neither MS (Vista) or HP's actions surprise me.
I refuse to buy another HP product, full stop !
Not a laptop or a printer or anything else made by them.
They use to include the OS discs, not surprised they don't any more.
Also extremely happy with XP SP3, I won't upgrade to Vista unless I really have to.
Typical MS though, now practically every new laptop sold has Vista pre-installed
Luckily I don't need to upgrade my lappy but it's very unfair for those that do want to stay with XP but have no choice but to buy new and get Vista.
If you want to load XP onto your new lappy, I'm sure it can be done once you find all the drivers off the net for it.
Maybe worth it.
