I tend to agree, but the numbers involved (customers) are far greater now. Try telling that to the millions that now utilise computers
Most go for laptops where only Vista is mainly supplied on board. Most go for cheaper laptops, which only have the basic Vista. Then they try to push the capabilities to the extreme (like running on 512Mb, 1.86Mhz dual core) and expect the poor thing to perform.
People are strange in today's fast world and unfortunately less forgiving. Hence the bad publicity that grows from memories bad experiences.
So in a nutshell, Vista is no doubt a fantastic platform, and will become a robust and reliable OS in time, just as XP evolved. No knocking, just facts. In the meantime voices will do their damage whilst patience and frustrations will surface.... in 2007 dateline computer user numbers.
Meantime no knocking Vista from me. ME was the worst because few did the research for its downfalls. Just like for Vista now. I'll stick to XP for now.
PS ... I just like to be ahead of time... the past has gone and its nice to see the future and be prepared. Gimme Vista 2-3 years time... just as I did with XP

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PPS MS must keep the Vista name and go the route of "SP1, SP2". Then it won't get labeled like ME.
XP was a completely different platform than its predecessors. Its all down to proper Vista marketing and keeping the customer happy.
