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[Gandalf]

Originally posted by Reup@Jan 19 2006, 09:51 PM
But seriously. Vista will be the same but newer. There will be benefits from using it, and many, many downsides as well, most notably the price. But, as Microsoft has an unprecented talent for running a good marketing campaign, they'll undoubtebly succeed in making Vista a succes. They strike the deals with Dell, HP and other PC retailers, not to mention that their excellent educational licensing (i.e. practically giving the stuff away to any educational facility) gives them a vast userbase.
Power-users know there's more fish in the sea, but most people couldn't care less about their OS, as long as they can email, play a game or two and download Pr0n, they're happy.

JM0.02$

Yes, that's it!

So far every new version of Windows eventually found its way onto the HDs of millions of computers. Due to ubiquitous software piracy and bundling contracts that's only a matter of time. And of course this will happen once again with Windows Vista.
Other contributing factors are that Microsoft will quickly discontinue support for older OS including XP. So if you want to stay updated and "protected" you will be forced to use their newest version. And last but not least: watch the system requirements of newly released game titles. Due to the domination of Win2000/XP many developers have stopped testing and support for Win98/ME.

Looks like you can't stop the march of time, especially with MS pushing in your back.

I certainly will give Vista a try. Hopefully there's an option to turn off all those fancy graphic effects. I don't like those giant icons, bars and menues, because they waste so much space and reduce usability instead of improving it.
With each version the desktop looks more and more like a showcase presenting its content to the world. Sigh, some people just want to work with it. What about the original meaning of "desktop"?