Thanks buurmas, I hope i dnt annoy you with any further questions...

like whats the difference in wubi and the ubuntu sites download as far as funtionalty, will i be able to only dual boot or do i have the choice, like the ubuntu site download. also i just downloaded the wubi and it had a menu for installation size, is that how much space it need to occupy...

the only thing holding me back from just making the transition now is that i have some things on my pc that i would like to transfer and not lose but other then that i would do it now, if there is any way to transfer data from vista to ubuntu please let me know (its just pic's & movies that are the most important thing really)