Originally Posted by
Mercenary Pilot
I'm hoping Vista will be to XP, what XP was to win2000. i.e. a MASSIVE improvement
I don't think XP was a massive improvement on 2000 - just more eye candy and a lot of crud. XP is pretty stable if you look after it a bit and it runs apps. just fine. And with a little effort (like not using MS apps. and not running as Admin) you can be reasonably secure.
As IO540 perceptively remarks
Originally Posted by
IO540
It is just an operating system, after all; it's the applications that matter....
It's what goes on under the hood that matters. All the super soaraway rotating desktops (Linux has had them for quite a while and they're quite fun) are just eye candy really and don't actually help you work better or smarter.
Among other things, I find the draconian licensing terms for Vista pretty insulting and the pervasive DRM unpleasant. I won't personally be going there (particularly as Linux is getting smoother every week).
But hey, MS has the retailers by the balls so new purchasers won't have any choice in the matter.
