I am in the process of ordering a new home desktop computer system. I have four questions.

1) Is Vista as bad as they say it is?

2) Will Vista work and play nice with the rest of my networked computers?

3) If I get XP Pro will updates be gone soon so I will be left with an operating system that is not supported?

4) Will most of my current programs still work if I chose Vista and if so/not is there a place that I can find a program to check compatibility of what I use before I choose one?

Thanks in advance guys and gals!