They took out many of the features: media center, media player, etc.
They have crippled their own product.
Micorsot has a habit of releasing new software that has LESS features than previous versions, and callig it an upgrade
One of the best products for productivity was NetMeeting,m and they just removed it... They have Windows live meeting now, but it is not as good
MSN Messenger was nearly perfect, so they took out the ability to block annoying spam users, and the web camera interface that worked, and replaced it with one that only allows one user to have a webcam sssion with you at a time. I used to have 5 or six people I would talk with at a time from offices all around the world.