1. Vista is incomplete
Microsoft and other software vendors are always working on the next service pack or release. That's how software developers stay employed.
2. Vista is expensive
Home Basic costs about the same as XP Home. You want more features, you pay more. Pretty simple.
3. Vista wants a new PC
You mean, like my wife's three year old Inspiron 8600? It runs Vista Business just fine, thanks. Including Aero.
4. Vista is time-consuming
Installing any new operating system is time-consuming. You have to configure everything, load your data, install your applications and get your peripherals working. Then, in the case of Vista, you have to figure out where Microsoft buried all the options, menus and features ....
This was the most idiotic rant yet. First the author bitches about change, then recommends...a Mac. Upgrades from XP take 45 minutes to an hour - and they work, as long as you pay attention to what the upgrade advisor tells you.
So, Dave. Again, What's your agenda?
Agenda? Why must I have an agenda? How about when I need a new computer, I can upgrade it with a faster proscessor, more RAM, a bigger hard drive for those digital photos of family and friends, a nice video monitor and NOT have to worry about learning a new OS, finding drivers for hardware that I have had since Windows 95 (my HP LJ-6 printer is one example), and wondering if my current applications, including some that unique to my profession, will work with the new OS. It would be nice to install XP and the service packs and go from there.
For me its about options. I want the option to continue to use, at least for a few more years, what I'm comfortable with. I don't need, nor want something with all the new bells and whistles. If others have lots of media apps and games that need the horsepower, so be it. I just want something that is fast, secure, reliable and doesn't require me to start at the bottom of the learning curve once again. And I venture to say there are millions of us, non-IT types, out there who feel the same way.