Okay, so as to not sound like a big whinner (and I really like cheese), I've spent some time talking to Island Dog, Jafo, Hankers, WOM and Lantec in IRC (lots of folks hang out there). Having done this I will be going off to either Best Buy or Amazon to preorder Win 7 for a version that is compatible with Vista Home Preimum 64 bit.
It just seems there is always an opportunity to spend money when talking about your computer.
i sincerely hope that Win 7 stays around for a long enough time so that Stardock has a chance to become fully compatible with all it's versions including 64 bit.
The first thread i see talking about Windows 8 (or the next MS OS) I'm going to find a very high cliff to jump off.

Oh crap, now what do I do with my XP Home 32 bit system. 