I recently ordered a laptop from Dell. It's plum purple and much nicer looking that I thought it would be. The purple is kind of subtle; it makes me wonder what the green one would have been like, but I still think it's too apple green for me.
Anyway, my original plan was to get the laptop with Vista and then "upgrade" to XP Pro. I've decided to postpone that for now and see what Vista is really like. I know what I've read, that it's a dog, horrible, etc. If nothing else, I can say it's pretty. And not having a mouse for control is very challenging (I'm not a big touch pad person).
So, I'll give it a month (if I last that long), and decide if it's okay enough to keep.