Vista aint that bad. Just a little vulnerable and 75% of the idiots who tried to install it on their poor computer never read the system requirements. Vista is also a little vulnerable ill give that. But everything else is just fine.
Maybe it's just me, but I never encountered any troubles on any of my laptops running Vista.
I only recieved a BSoD once, and I think that was hardware related or something.
The only problems faced with my laptops has been the actual models and components breaking down, which would've happened regardless of what OS they were running.