You should buy a laptop with Vista right now that has a free upgrade to Windows 7. Right now, most PC manufacturers have models that come with Vista now, and include free upgrades to Windows 7 when it comes out. Then if Windows 7 is buggy when it comes out, you can stick with Vista until all of the dust has settled.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.