The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system - and a feeling on at least one executive's part that the company had "botched" the marketing of computers as "Vista Capable." This is the link for more...
This is a great thing, because my only real complaint against Vista is that Microsoft severely overpriced it. If they cut the price alot, then it would sell alot more, and it'd get better PR and everything. i'd even upgrade from vista home basic to Ultimate if they had a reasonable price.