Vista is a flop

Well, Microsoft has done it again. The ironic thing is, most people *still* don't get it...

Before Vista, Microsoft's biggest flop was Windows ME. People hated that OS with a passion holy, and for good reason -- It sucked beaver grease. Incompatibility, slowness, lockups, address violations, reboots, no drivers, and butt-ugly as well. As it turned out, Microsoft bailed on ME, as it was never intended to be a long-term real OS anyways. It was just a vehicle for a quick cash injection from the mindless masses, until MS could get Windows 2000 out the door. Even then, 2000 chewed chupracabra cheese until Service Pack 4 came along...

When they went with XP, at least XP was intended to be a real OS. And after SP1, it was half decent. After SP2, it is, I must admit, not horrible at all. Sure, you still have to apply 200-some-odd security fixes and plug a bunch of holes, but it's stable, for the most part. The kinks are worked out. It works with hardware. You can get your programs to run under it. Finally, 2 service packs and 200+ updates later, you finally are getting what you paid for in the first place.

So, why Vista? What is the neat nifty cool golly-whillikers thing Vista can do that no other OS can? The answer to that depends on your point of view... If you are a user of a computer, the answer is, nothing. Not a damn thing. Zilch. Nada. If, however, you are Microsoft, then the answer is -- plenty. As in, plenty of money. MS ain't going to make any more money from you if you stay with XP. Therefore, your value to them is zero. If you convert to Vista, however, they'll love you, because you're going to give them $200 to $600 bucks. They love you long time for that. Not enough to give you a working, stable, decent product. No. They'll love you for being milked of cash, to help them put together the *real* OS that'll be along next year.

It's time to say, screw you, hippie. Don't give MS money three times over (XP, Vista, next thing...), at least, to get nothing even close to what you deserve for the cash -- break free of Microsoft!

Go buy a Mac, if you just want it easy and simple. It don't get stupid-simpler than that.

If you want to save a few hundred bucks, and still want an OS that just works, and includes all the software you need to surf/email/document/play/everything, download Ubuntu. It's free, you can even play with it on your PC without damaging or changing a thing on your current PC.

Either way, you have absolutely zero reason to go with Vista. Unless you are comfortable being part of the mindless herd, that is.