Vista...Ultimate!...?

I spent this evening installing Windows Vista Ultimate for the first time on my Media Center PC (Alienware DHS-2). While it didnt exactly go smoothly...no audio drivers...wrong TV Tuner drivers...no Front Panel display...it gave me a good taste for whats to come. Looks very cool. This is the first time I've tried Vista - never even bothered messing with Longhorn - and I like what I've seen.

I tried installing again, this time as an upgrade to the XP Media Center build (from the Alienware Respawn image). But that failed. Vista rolled back the installation successfully though, which I was impressed with.

So I'm trying a fresh install again. Maybe this time I'll give it more time trying to work around the driver issues.