[martin_fierro]

As broadband and high-definition content become more ubiquitous, Gates said the unifying factor will be software.

And the unifying factor of the software will be the universal user annoyance at all the BSODs.

[js1138]

...displayed a new interface with 3-D scrolling between different windows, which can appear translucent to allow users to see the information beneath

If you're going to see any information, they better be transparent rather than translucent.

[kingu]

Yeah, umm, whatever, Mr. Gates. I'm pretty sure that I'm at my last version of Windows. I've seen what your techies did to Windows Mobile 5, and am not interested in doing the same to my desktop.

XP, so long as it don't go boom, will hold me for a few years more, at the very least, and at that point, I'll consider what OS I'll be switching all my computers to... There's six in the home, four at the office, and at the predicted price structures, the money spent flipping them all to the newest version would be better spent in buying better hardware.

[ShadowAce]

[Vinnie]

I like the transparent aspect.
I can have a page up and watch a virus attacking in the background.
Sort of an MRI.

[antiRepublicrat]

Some of the elements of Vista featured in Gates' speech took aim at Microsoft's various competitors, such as Google Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. .

What could his shot at Apple have been, "Pretty soon we'll be caught up to where they were last year!"?

The interesting thing here is Flight Simulator 10.