[Snuffy]

My laptop installed Vista Ultimate and only had a graphics rating of 1.4 then Vista updated drivers and performance went to 1.6.
If it works it is Vista Ready. (IMHO). The performance rating is simply another
PLOY to "make ppl buy upgraded equipment (IMHO) again...I'll keep my Laptop for a while... it plays all my games (that I play), finds all the wireless nets, and does a pretty fair job for a Acer 5000 Series. Dual boot XP and Vista. XP wireless only found 2 access points - 2 bars best, Vista found 4 access points - 2 had 4 bars, 1 - 3 bars and 1 - 1 bar...OK good enough for me...3 of 4 unsecured which I could use.