Well... I was actually enjoying Might and Magic IX... except for the fact that it is extremely touchy under Vista. There is a problem where when you load a game, or load any new area the screen freezes at the loading picture. The game is actually still running, you just can't see what's going on.
I scoured the net and found out that the only known workaround is to alt-tab out of the game and then alt-tab back in, which "usually" fixes the problem, and you can continue on with your game.
That was working fine for the first several hours. But now, no matter how many times I alt-tab back and forth I can't get the screen to refresh to the game... so I guess I'm screwed. I spent an hour trying to get it to work, to no avail...so...
On to Might and Magic VII. I've really been wanting to play it again, and now is the perfect time. I'm actually bummed out that I can't continue with IX, because I was actually having fun... but I'm excited to be playing VII... and it runs great in Vista so far!