1)An exaggeration, Most computers out there right now are Vista capable. Most computer users only need Vista Basic which runs perfectly fine on the majority of PC's.
2) Can't tell you how many times I hear "but teh Vista is nothing but a visual upgrade", wrong Vista is much more than Aero and Flip 3d there is better multi-tasking, superfetch, ready-boost and numerous other benefits.
3) What a total and complete exaggeration, UAC only comes up when installing a new program, changing a program or accessing control programs in the control panel.99% of the time the user hardly has to deal with it.
4) This is an issue that will pass over time, just like any new OS offering.
5) I wouldnt say confusing, the search function actually makes finding stuff easier, however manually digging for the stuff is not the same.
6) I actually found these tasks to be even easier than XP and have had zero problems.
I think this author is either stuck on an old Beta or is reading Mac or Linux users opinions.
Apple upgrades OSX every 12 to 18 months and they cost $130 and nobody complain about that.
Exactly, no need to upgrade right now, like the article implies.
My experience:
2.8ghz w/1gb ram. Took a spare hard drive and loaded Vista on it. I could not play a DVD on this computer. Vista was hogging too much resources. Eye candy was turned off.
Slapped Vista onto another computer (2.5ghz/1gb ram) and it crashed with rebooting 5 times in 4 hours. Same computer works fine with XP