trust me she doesn't wanna keep vista lol... figure out how to dual boot it... it can get really annoying... and someone who doesn't know what's going on exactly is gonna be like "omg!! help! my computer is broken" lol... usually all is ok with a restart, but even that can be complicated... (remember, durring one of the major errors you can't see anything on the start menu)

and i don't have a clue what you mean by leaking memory, i'm not that computer literate... i have a decent understanding but i'm far from a pro lol.. my knowledge goes about as far as basic knowledge and internet access... i can diagnose and solve lots of problems so long as i know how to get around on the O/S and i have internet...

it's filled with bugs... but quite honestly, it's alot more stable then windows ME ever was.... the stability is less than XP SP2, but far better then ME lol...