Originally Posted by keef247 
well thats because you haven't done your research properly.
1/2gb ram 600mhz is more than fast enough:S
back in the sp1 xp days you could run a 550mhz 256ram machine well quick bootup wise
Thats not what i meant.
The idea behind the Eee is for it to be a light weigt, affordable, low power internet device. Something that the existing OS and app suite does without a problem. I can't see the point in spending £160 on XP Home or between £150 and £312 on Vista for a laptop costing as little as £200.
And yes i know you can get OEM versions of Windowsfor less, but you would need to buy that with the laptop for it to conform to the EULA. And you to use an existing license it would need to be a retail edition, as OEMs are tied to the system you got it wih. Legally speaking.