"THOR is alive and kicking!"

YES. I plugged it in and PRESTO. THE BIG THOR is working. and, ( place drum roll here) that Aero graphics stuff they tried in Vista is working! ok, I guess. so far, I'm breaking it in and downloading updates ( you wouldn't believe how many!).
now, to decide on which E-Mail client to use. I've been using Outlook that is included in MS Office. ah, I'm back to a two computer household. Yay me.