It's too bad service pack 1 for Vista isn't really effective unless you're under a corp. environment. The main improvement, from what I've seen, is a better transfer rates in large constructed network topologies.
And no, Vista didn't 'fix' the driver issues. Yes, there was a hotfix, but in order to get external devices (Zune...yes, Zune) to work I had to remove this hotfix. Not only that, when I first tried to install Service Pack 1 beta on my dev box at work...it failed. After consulting with multiple people...I was pretty much told to 'refresh my machine.' Thanks guys. :/
I'm more excited about Windows 7 than I was Vista. Vista is slop. Greatest thing about Windows 6 is the implementation of Windows Deployment Services on Longhorn.
EDIT: The only reason why I think Vista has a little bit of gangster in it is ONLY because of DirectX 10. If you have the means to purchase directX10 support material...do so. CAN'T be disappointed.
Jam it back in, in the dark.