[Space Wrangler]

From what I've seen of Vista, I believe XP will remain strong for at least five more years. MS will eventually get everyone switched over to it via the new PC market, but after running RC1 for a couple of weeks, I honestly cannot see paying the exorbitant price for it. And make no mistake, the price that MS is having the gall to ask for this OS is exorbitant. Also, unless you bought your computer in the last few months, not only does MS want you to pay $300-$400 for their OS, but you'll have to shell out some bucks to optimize your system. 2 GB of RAM, and a 256 MB video card is the reccomended setup. Oh....and a late model Intel or AMD processor too of course, preferably dual core.

[July 4th]

Yeah, they can go to h*** for writing an o/s that requires that kind of power. I'm building a computer right now, with parts that were top of the line about a year and a half ago (Athlon FX-55, 2GB DDR 400, etc.) and MS is telling me that this is a minimum setup. I think XP will suffice for now...