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I think Vista is fine.
The main criticisms for Vista are:
1. When it was first released there were many driver issues which meant alot of people were no longer able to run programs, printers and other add ons. In some cases it was just a matter of updating the drivers but in many cases, mainly older programs and equipment, the user was forced to buy a new version of whatever they were using for it to work.
2. There are many changes. Compared to XP, the menus changed dramatically in looks, location and the sub menus. Many people couldn't find settings etc they wanted to change. Over time this isn't a problem.
3. It uses LOTS of computer resources. You need to have lots of RAM to run it properly. In some cases this means upgrading the entire machine as well as windows, mostly it was just a RAM upgrade. An easy fix but a forced one.
4. The emphasis on security went a bit overboard. All the permission settings drive you bananas. If you can spend sometime looking through the control panel menus you can disable almost all of them. Eventually an easy fix.
5. There were unecessary features. Things like Aero are bit of a waste of time as you can acheive the same by holding down Alt and pressing tab. Aero uses alot of memory so many major gamers and programmers were peeved at this.
At the end of the day the only problem I have is the ocassional permission thing popping up (or when setting up a network game, it doesn't pop up at all, very frustrating) and the over use of my computers resources. I'm not that concerned by either of those.
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