Microsoft to cease support for Vista, any options for a laptop just purchased?

Question

According to an article today in The Register, Microsoft will no longer support Vista from the end of this month.

I have a laptop that is not even a year old using an operating system that will not even have had a year's support.

What are my options?

I've heard that upgrading to Windows 7 is nearly impossible.

If your laptop is less than a year old with Vista, it is eligible for a free migration to Windows 7. Also, rework your question to focus on an actual objective fact, and not the "is anyone else angry".
I'm sorry, very few questions about Microsoft products have real answers: leaving only one response - anger.. that and banging your head against a brick wall. Want to know something about Linux? There's an answer. Want to do something using a Microsoft product? Don't make us laugh.
@PP - start a blog. This kind of thoughts belongs there, not on Super User.
Support for Vista with whatever the latest SP is will probably end sometime in 2013 or later.
"I've heard that upgrading to Windows 7 is nearly impossible." - Where have you heard this??

Shevek · Answer 1 · 2010-04-15 08:53:01Z

Read the article again - MS are not dropping support for Vista, only for non-service packed Vista.

The company announced in February that the service pack-free version of its post-XP, pre-Windows 7 OS would hit end of life support in April.

My emphasis.

As long as you are running SP2 you will still be covered.

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