Agreed.
Just don't be the first on your block to buy their newest OS.
Years ago, had a choice between Win98 and ME. Insisted on Win98. Best decision ever.
Yep, they call it "bleeding edge" for a reason. Symantec's uninstall has come a good long way from the nightmare that was 7.x. I had a 200-step whitepaper to slog through to pull its hooks from a couple of servers manually. There's a nugget working for their tech support who probably doesn't like me very much.
I passed on ME. Vista isn't that disaster, IMHO, but then you're talkin' to a guy who actually used Microsoft Bob. No, really... ;-)