My previous computer was a gift from my kids who simply did not understand my obsession with Macintosh computers!! And that sorry excuse for a computer came with Vista, one of the best excuses for buying a Macintosh ever invented. I took that bad one to the computer store to have Vista removed, was told it would take less than an hour, but would take 2 weeks or so. They showed me their back storage room with lines and lines of other computers wanting Vista killed. Even with Windows, that Dell would not accept Comcast, the guy trying to put it on said some Dells were just born bad, lacked something coming from the factory. So to stop my griping my kids got me this iMac, 3 or so years ago, and I've loved it every since. I love Macs. In fact, I still have my original 1985 Mac 512, it still works, a dream with 1000 different shades of black, white and gray.