Wow, I'm not stepping in here so much as to offer an opinion about Windows 8, but rather comment on many various Windows Vista hate mongering statements I've seen! At present, I'm a die hard and loyal and unashamed Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) user. Personally speaking, I feel that all the hate mongering in regards to Vista is unwarranted! I know I might catch crap about my feelings, but to me, I personally feel that Vista Ultimate (64-bit) is the greatest operating system I've ever used. Trust me, I am a previous Windows XP user, I used that O.S. for quite some time and loved it, but when Vista Ultimate came out and I decided a long while back to run with it, I've been totally satisfied since. I just think that the Vista hate mongering is simply due to peoples lack of understanding of Vista. I personally feel that people who hate talk about Vista are probably most likely to have not given it fair chance to prove itself as a viable operating system. I think most Vista haters more than likely didn't even try it for themselves, and more so went along with public opinion, rather than personal opinion, and made their decision about it that way. I'll admit I had my bouts of "second guessing" myself when first using Vista, but after service pack #1 things got better! And after service pack #2, things got rock solid! I personally don't feel that the majority of people who bash talk about Vista, who may indeed have been prior Vista users, ever waited around for Microsoft to fix the problems, they just had some bad experiences before the fixes became available and jumped ship, all the while thinking that they knew everything about it!
Preconceived notions and pre-fix experiences have lead to the mongering demise of Vista, not any opinions that it wasn't a viable operating system!
I'll shut up now, as to get this area back on topic in regards to Windows 8 conversations!