This wheel cost me less on Amazon.com than the Logitech MoMo. As a man with bills and responsibiities in this economy, I can't justify the cost of the Logitech G25 for amateur SIM Racing ($234), so I got the Thrustmaster for $49.99 plus shipping but there are some things you should know about this wheel before you buy it:

1. This wheel is small at 8". The Logitech Momo and G25 are 11". I'm a big guy with big hands, but I adjusted to it. If you don't think you can adjust to a small wheel, don't buy this one.
2. The paddle shifters are brittle. At this writing, I've had mine for 5 days and clocked 25 hours of use. The right side upshift lever broke off. I re-mapped upshift and down shift to buttons on the wheel and that works fine for me, but if having to do that would bother you, don't buy this wheel.
3. Guys with big feet are going to think that the pedals are too close together (brake and throttle. You don't get a clutch and likely won't need one). If that bothers you, don't buy this wheel.

With those things being said, this wheel does have some strong points:

1. This wheel/pedal set works with Windows Vista without installation of any software or drivers. Vista plug and played and auto calibrated this wheel and pedal set without user intervention. In this day and age of wobbly Vista problems, Vista users need not fear this wheel.
2. This wheel has 8 programmable buttons on it, plus the D-pad, so WHEN (not if) you break one of both of the shift levers, you can re-map up and down gear shifting to the left side and right side buttons on the wheel. That is easier to adapt to than you may think.
3. The "Bungie Cord System" within this wheel brings it right back to center every time. It's the only wheel that has this self centering system and believe me, you will appreciate this on road course tracks as well as ovals.
4. Unlike other wheels, this wheel works with your PC, PS2, PS3, Game Cube, and Wii. It doesn't work with the XBox or XBox 360 but neither do the Logitech MoMo or G25.

2 games......

Also I wouldn't trust half of the reviews online, nVidia has some "deals" with some of the review sites.

webstaxero

It is true that NVidia has deals with some review sites, however I can personally vouch for the 8800 GTS. I have one and this card rocks, plus it has Physx support. I only paid $79.99 for mine with $10 rebate. I'd have never gotten a 4850 at this price, at the time (two months ago).

So, apparently I got a free copy, and I'm wondering, is Windows Vista Business essentially Windows XP Professional? If so, how does it rate? Is it any good? I'll be using it for non-business purposes, like playing games, and while I was planning on getting Vista or Windows 7 eventually, because I have this free copy, I'm thinking of upgrading for the hell of it. (Though, I'll be installing it on a different harddrive than this one, in case something goes wrong.remmbermytitans

In November 2007 I bought my Compaq PC with Vista Basic on it. In Summer 2008, I decided to upgrade the OS to Vista Business, but then decided to just do a clean install. By doing a clean install, I got an extremely fast, extremely stable system that runs all of my business software, music recording software, web design and graphic software, and all of my games accept for the original GTR Demo. I currently regularly play F.E.A.R, Crysis, HL2 Deathmatch, HALO1, and particularly GTR Evolution, which claims to have little Vista support. I'm running a Thrustmaster Racing Wheel/Pedal set that auto installed and auto calibrated without any problems on Vista. In short, Vista Business is an excellent Business OS as well as an excellent gaming OS, as long as you make sure that all of your hardware has drivers that support Vista. Since my PC came with Vista, I haven't had any problems with it.

"Envy You"?? Why?? Because you have Wrah of the Litch King? 

I don't even play WOW, so WOTLK doesn't mean anything to me. I thought this was going to be a picture of some $6,000 Alienware laptop or some other tasty bit of over priced hardware. Not some WOW expansion. Even if it was a hardware envy announcement, I wouldn't "envy" you because I don't envy anyone. I don't care what anyone has or is doing because things like that just don't matter to me. WOW. Great. Have fun with that. YAWN!!! LOL!!!

Dual boot?

Why do you want to run XP if you are already running Vista?