I believe that with most new computers today you can get them with XP instead of Vista. I know you can buy XP to install. If it was me that is what I would do.

Luckily all my computers still have XP. I have divorced myself from Microsoft, stopped the "updates" which were slowing mine to a crawl. Installed a free Virus checker and free Firewall from PC Tools and they update themselves to new viruses.

If/when the day comes and I have to build a new PC, it won't have Vista.