I hesitate to recommend Vista to anyone. If i was in your situation, I would probably buy a 360 Arcade, then buy a harddrive for it later if you find you want one.
actually, your best bet would be to find a girlfriend who already owns a 360 :P
if there are any 360 owning girls in the audience, I'd like to introduce you to my good mate mevildan. I hear he's great in the sack







