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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.

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.

I'm confused, I thought one of the complaints about Vista was the fact that it would not run on older hardware. At least not well. Leopard ran faster on my PPC than Tiger. Maybe Apple should support PPC's longer, but surely you agree that at some point the line has to be drawn.

“somewhat bloated and overly agressive in its effort to protect you from yourself, but pretty darn good.”

Somewhat bloated... bwhahahaha Vista pretty nuch needs two gigs to be usable. Thats insane..

“Unlike Apple which has no problem with rendering their users’ equipment obsolete when they release a new OS (the Power PC for example)”

So you’re saying vista will run on my p150 cool... oh wait the requirements of it obsoleted that processor. And the P-Series is *still* supported just not sold (until the next release I think).

“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.”

Spin Spin Spine... MS locked vendors out not to the same extent Apple does but it was MS’s piss poor planning of vista (they started to panic as the years went one) that lead to its reputation.