I prefer the classic mode in XP. I actually liked vista basic.

But the thing that bugs me about vista is you can't turn cleartype off. Maybe my eyes are funny, but i just can't do cleartype. I remeber someone on a C9 video saying it was to do with colour perception or something. Maybe if there was a way to tune it in the control panel so it agress with my vision it would be okay.

But i found it pretty reasonable to use visually at least. I did need to go back and tweak some of my custom applications (written in java) to make then look right with the new theme.

that plus the DHCP on wireless with linux based DHCP server bug is sorted out that's pretty much all my problems with it resolved