I dont have Vista so that doesnt really help... I emailed the people at some website so i will probably get an answer somewhere between 2 and 8 years. oh yeah and about that alienware thing I thought it would be good and reliable for a pretty long time but ive had so many problems. I'm sure it's my computer. It has a mind of it's own. It's somehow uninstalled XP twice and Crysis and Kotor games dont work. ALIENWARE IS THE DEVIL!!! So if you can give me a non Vista related answer it might work