Running Vista on Macbook Pro

Hello,
Purchased a MacBook Pro 2 weeks ago. 2.5Ghz, 4Gb ram, 15".
For a piece of software called DSLR Remote I need to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista.
I ran the Vista upgrade advisor and it told me that Vista would not work with the NVDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card that is in the MacBook Pro.
Is this, in fact, correct?
I've got Win XP sp2 running under bootcamp now just fine - seems odd that I couldn't upgrade to Vista.
thanks for your time and thoughts,

+*im trying to get vista, cuz it rules.*+
Man... you just totally sent shivers down my spine with that one! I'm no MS hater... but Vista is generally considered to be MS's biggest goof up since Windows ME. Apart from DX 10 and lots of eye-candy, it is not technically capable of anything more than XP which is pretty much a solid mature OS at this point (with much lighter requirements in the resources arena).
BootCamp has supported Vista since Vista's late beta days. You will just need to install the Vista drivers from your OS X Leopard disk after you install it.

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