I have no bloat. This machine of mine was made and only the OS installed. It was made for games However, my parents us a Toshiba with Vista. Runs like a top and has for 3 years. I'm talking people who are in their mid 70's and a friggin TV remote is a challenge. For them to run Vista without blowup the laptop is saying alot. My kid's school has Acer desktops with Vista. All run just fine. Vista is a good OS. I do not understand why bloatware is a problem. Most computer users have computers for email, facebook and shopping. They care for little else concerning gaming speeds, etc. They just want the darn thing to start and send over the internet. I do not understand why people get their jollies timing how fast the friggin OS boots up. Wow, 7 booted 5 seconds faster than Vista. Over the life span of the computer I will have generated 10 minutes of extra time to check speeds on other things.
Vista is very simple....feed the power it needs to run and all will be well. What haz is put together here will run Vista without issue.
BTW, computers are never an investment. They are worthless crap in about 6-7 years if all goes well.