By the way have I said that Vista is an over bloated, ponderous, reasourse hungry, abomination?
A spawn of the devil.
I have always taken new OS releases with great cynicism. I don't like getting near them for at least 6 months after release so those at the bleeding edge have borne the pain. I'm still running a couple of machines on 98SE - why? Because they work and do what I need them to do - and I'm not into changing for the sake of change.
As for Vista - there is one aspect of it's sale that is (from my knowledge) singularly unique - and one that is likely, we would hope, to never be surpassed.....
... it's the only OS to have been sold with backward licensing for it's predecessor (XP) - AND - to be sold with forward licensing for it's successor (Windows 7).
Sorta like "We know how crap this is, but we need you to spend money now..."
I am buoyed by Poddy's reference to Win98 when talking about Windows 7 and I'm hoping that the 6 months I wait will be quiet.....