Argh!

Oh my Gods I hate Vista!  I got my student loan in on Monday and went and got a new computer.  However, it has Vista on it, and I really, really hate it!  Seriously, I hate it so much I'm almost ready to take it back and get a computer that doesn't have the damn thing on it.  I'm having so much trouble with it that I am having problems doing homework, and seeing as that's the main reason I got the new thing to begin with, I'm really starting to get pissed.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Does anyone hate Vista as much as me, or am I being a technophobe?  Seriously, any help would be welcomed, because this thing cost me almost 700 and it is driving me insane!