I had a few problems with Vista when I first got it. Turns out, I was at fault, not the programming. I have few problems these days. No more than I get on my laptop running XP.

I also seem to remember XP had its gliches when it first came out. But then Microsoft issued Service Packs 1 & 2, and now people won't let it go! Always, there is resistance to change. Who still uses Window 3.1 nowadays? But Windows 95 was heavily criticised at first.

We all have far more computing power than we really need in a pocket calculator, but we still go on buying the latest, more powerful computers running the latest version of Windows. Microsoft will continue to issue new operating sytems every few years, and then declaring the previous system obsolete in exactly the same way that motor cars are rendered obsolete by new models. They do it because we buy into what they tell us we want.