[freedumb2003]

True — Windows 7 is the Utility Theory Of Work in a can. 1,000 times bigger, 1,000 times buggier, 1,000 times more frustrating.

It has become, like the worst package ever — Office 2010 — a necessary evil which is more evil than anything.

I ain’t a mac guy but if anything would drive me into the dead arms of Jobs, it is the latest incarnation of all the Windows products.

BTW: Gates wasn’t a visionary, we was a luck SOB who made one small decision that changed the landscape of PCs forever.

[cuban leaf]

I hated Office 2010 when it first came out. I was stuck with it (at work) and learned how to use it. I absolutely love it now. The stuff I can do easily that was a challenge in the previous version of Word is legion.

I also import a lot of visio drawings into word document.
Next time you do it (with word 2010), try “paste special”, then choose “picture (enhanced Metafile)” and after it pastes, go to the picture tools format tab. Then chose the middle picture style (drop shadow rectangle). Where I work it is part of the secret to my success in documents. They love my stuff.

[dangerdoc]

I find the combination of Windows 7 and Office 97 to be excellent.

I bought Office 97 with a student discount and have installed it on every operating system since then. Win 7 is the most stable so far. I am dreading the day when it won’t install on a new OS. I do have a copy of Office 2003 stashed for that eventuality.

[GonzoGOP]

I ain’t a mac guy but if anything would drive me into the dead arms of Jobs, it is the latest incarnation of all the Windows products.

If you are going to sacrifice using Windows software and don't mind playing with your PC to get it running smoothly try PCLinux or LinuxMint. Both install easily and "usually" run well out of the box. And since they don't cost anything you can try both to see which one works better. Both present a Windows like environment. Being lighter on hardware than Vista or W7 you can run them on older hardware and still have a good web browsing machine. I used PCLinux to turn parts from a couple of old (2003 vintage) desktops into multimedia machine for my living room. For browsing and watching web videos it runs as fast as my wife's vista laptop, and the menus are easier to use.

[fremont_steve]

I’ll take that bet and raise you 1.

1) Buying MSDOS from Seattle Computers for $40K.
2) Deciding to emulate Apple and implement a GUI whose current incarnation is Windows-7.

Both were shrewd decisions.

[BfloGuy]

Gates wasn’t a visionary, we was a luck SOB who made one small decision that changed the landscape of PCs forever.

Yeah, but what a decision.