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Vista
It's not surprising that there are growing pains. But then again, some OS in the past were true burdens for users (Windows 98 comes to mind, at least to my memory...). Just because Vista is out now, no one should feel obligated to switch over if they are doing okay with XP. I could not find any feature of Vista which promised dramatic or practice-changing improvement over my current XP, and, furthermore, developers of Astro software - a market sector I'm sure did not appear high on Microsoft's radar of when considering the impact on their market - would need time to adapt and reconfigure their software so users have a painless experience when upgrading. The fact is, I'm hearing all kinds of grumbling from users on various forums, and while you could say it's their fault for not realizing this possibility or for not knowing enough about the software to make it compatible, the point is there IS grumbling. People are not finding life better, but rather worse. It's no slur on Microsoft, I appreciate they have to keep moving forward, and at some point I'll switch over to Vista...when the majority of my software will work out-of-the box on Vista, and when I upgrade to a computer with more memory to accomodate Vista. Then I'll enjoy the purported advantages.
thankfully computer vendors put pressure on Microsoft to still supply and support XP for awhile...My new Dell laptop will come with XP..
Scott
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