Actually, I've read that Vista was crap, and actually it has some cool technologies (regardless that I hate it), so I cannot say it is complete crap. I won't endorse it though, but I can't say it is all bad.
Why?
Simple. Vista is not what it was supposed to be. MS got sick of waiting, and released a product that is is unfinished for the simple fact of gaining revenue when none was being generated by XP. That is the short answer.
Vista in its current state is not what Vista was intended to be. Period. Windows 11 (boring name, eh?) is what Vista was supposed to be. All the features that Vista is lacking that are supposed to be in Vista, are not there - that is the problem. What we have all be waiting for has not been released yet. For all of you that have not put your claws into Vista yet - Don't! Windows 11 should be released in 2009, so skip Vista alltogether, just like you did with Windows ME.
That is my advice and that is what I would do if I didn't have 10 free copies of Vista on my desk as I write this.
-S
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