I do some private IT work for different people and not a single one of them has a good word to say for Vista. One person actually sent a computer back to the retailer and got his money back because they wouldn't put XP on it. A local charity that I do some work for almost ground to a halt because none of their software would run properly on Vista. I still have 'phone calls from people who buy new peripherals that won't run with Vista, even after downloading updated drivers from manufacturers' websites.
I think I've used just about every OS on the market from DOS right the way through to Vista.
As somebody pointed out earlier, do you really think Microsoft really gives a shit? Personally, I'd rather have XP but I do think that XP will go eventually (maybe not as soon as Mr Gates and Co would like) but it will go...and like it or loathe it, Vista will stay![]()