Vista Ultimate
BladePilot
Trust all is still going well with your new system.
You said earlier "I've been advised that Vista Ultimate runs 'sweet as a nut' on this config."
Did your advisor give any indication of a minimum config with this software?
Your sounds great but I think you may have paid more than I'm prepared to, given that mine isn't needed for more than general duty - ie no longer for business use.
Having said that, I don't want it to be obsolete in the mid-term - my current machine,now 10 yrs old, is expensive to upgrade because the installed memory is Rambus - I'm better off getting a new machine in every respect but have been putting it off because of stories about Vista.