I haven't had any problems getting on the internet. To be honest I had more troubles with XP. Not saying I disliked XP, actually the opposite. I really liked XP and was scared to death to use Vista. Now that I have used both I think it is about equal. To be honest I am more worried about them releasing yet another operating system. I am just getting used to Vista and I kind of get tired of the technology race it seems like we have to run to keep up. But with all that said I really doubt that you will have many problems with Vista and will get used to it in short time.