>I just installed the release version of Vista. Has anybody else done that?

Hi Peter.

Yup, started downloading it the moment it was available on the MSDN site. I run it full-time at home and have a test system at work.

>I was impressed that nothing on my drive got deleted!!!

My impression is that it is the most stable out of the box OS yet for them. A couple of hiccups though. My Free AVG wouldn't load properly on reboot. Switched to free Avast and it works fine. Also some work apps, like VPN and web Outlook have some issues, but have managed to work around those. I chose to do a clean install on a new hard drive, just so that I could go back to XP if need be. Haven't had the desire to do so yet. My new drive is a .25 terrabyte SATA2, so big, fast and quiet. Niiiice.

>the OS combobox above does not yet contain vista!!!

I don't know if it should since there aren't any other OS versions on the list. Maybe add a Gadget category.