Being in the tech field, I fully understand the problems with Vista. The ongoing problem is mostly regarding businesses, not home users. It is a huge amount of work and training trying to convert a business to Vista, with no real benefit to doing so. Vista offers nothing much more than a cool interface (which I am growing fond of, despite my dislike of M$). It does still have some serious problems with some hardware, but those are beginning to fade.
Personally, I run a dual boot with XP...and I probably will for a very long time.

Have to add that I have had no real issues with Vista. I understand wanting to keep an older OS, though. I held onto Windows 98 as long as I could but enjoyed XP when I moved to it.

I dont understand why everyone feels a need to maintain this stigma around Vista. I have it all my friends have it and it is not a disaster as everyone seems to think it is. There are a few issues that can all be fixed by making sure you keep your drivers updated (you should anyway).