[Terpfen]

Yet the marketing will convince lots of folks they need Vista - and then the new hardware it takes to run it.

Which they will acquire via the purchase of a new computer with Vista loaded on, thus solving the upgrade dilemma.

Regular maintenance and security isn't followed by a scary percentage of users.

Microsoft really should require OEMs to ship their Windows installations with the Task Scheduler set to run the preloaded anti-virus software and Windows Defender once a week (with updates downloaded and installed before those programs begin scanning, of course), and the built-in defragger once a month. But of course, they don't, which leads to zombie PCs and unhappy users. It's amazing how this company can screw up so badly and yet still make billions of dollars.

[Doohickey]

Microsoft really should require OEMs to ship their Windows installations with the Task Scheduler set to run the preloaded anti-virus software and Windows Defender once a week (with updates downloaded and installed before those programs begin scanning, of course), and the built-in defragger once a month. But of course, they don't, which leads to zombie PCs and unhappy users. It's amazing how this company can screw up so badly and yet still make billions of dollars.

That would get them sued again. OEM PCs do come with anti-virus, but McAfee and Symantec are crap. You'll be glad to know that Vista does run scheduled defrags, though.