oh dear!....ok picture the scene, you have recieved a new latop for testing because it may be better than your current setup! but!...the laptop ships with vista and your organisation uses xp pro :-O you want to test the laptop with your exisitng image but you need a checklist in order to do this.
the list should include things like
1. does the wireless work
2. run a intense battery test....
am i making sense?