My laptop will run Vista fine. You are missing my point, let's just leave it at that.
I am happy your laptop will run Vista without problems and that was my point too. many people will not have problems running Vista at all, but there are many expectations, and above all many calculations... and the truth is - no one knows for sure (at least not yet) what computer specs we will need to use all Vista features at its fullest.
Of course business machines with non-replaceable video cards will suffer, but isn't it always like that ? New technology is pushing out the old one... we can not fight against that... we can simply go with the flow and spend some additional money from our pocket, or watch it and cry...
Sure, you are right when you say Microsoft should solve those things differently, but who are we to argue about that... they will always do whatever they think it's the best (for us or for them) and we can just stand still and watch. They have all that money, so they think they can rule the World. As far as I can see, they are succeeding in achieving their goals.