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Actually Vista is a pretty darn good OS; somewhat bloated and overly agressive in its effort to protect you from yourself, but pretty darn good.

A majority of the problems that occurred with Vista happened early on because of a late effort to increase its compatibility with legacy programs and equipment. Unlike Apple which has no problem with rendering their users' equipment obsolete when they release a new OS (the Power PC for example), Microsoft has attempted to avoid that.

Now you can argue whether or not that is a good idea, but unlike Apple, MS has to answer to a huge base of users with widely varied types of hardware.

Most of the complaints with Vista came from those who suddenly found their legacy printers and other equipment no longer supported. Of course that was blamed on MS even though in the vast majority of cases it was the fault of the manufacturer of that piece of equipment.

There had to be a Vista for their to be a Windows 7. Vista became the whipping boy for all of the complaints over obsolescence. Windows 7 takes away the clunkiness and provides a very smooth experience.

It will go a long way in smoothing the feathers Vista ruffled. Even the tech press (at least those who are not Kool-aid drinkers of the Apple cult) have given Win 7 very high marks.

Apple grew from about 7% of the PC market to about 10% during the Vista brouhaha, as people begin to experience Win 7, the percentages will return because most people are unwilling to pay extra for the Apple cachet. Which, of course, was the whole point of the adds which so offended Apple.