[McG]

I can't debate any of the items that people have posted on this page...the problem is the driver set that m$ has. it just hasn't happened as fast as people would like. that's really crazy to me, and shoddy on the part of hardware manufacturers, especially since the betas were coming fast and furious for a long time. xp had the same driver issues, but i suspect that since there were less computers, less users, and less hardware it wasn't that big a deal. now? how many pieces of hardware plug into your computer?

regarding the offer of xp, i don't see what the big deal is. xp will still lose its support at some point, new hardware won't get drivers, and people will complain that m$ didn't support xp. of course, by then windows vienna will be out...and people will wax poetic about vista.

i ran vista in my office from beta 2 onwards and i have no complaints. in fact, office 12 beta 2 was more buggy than vista beta 2.

as far as apple goes, will this be the big event that finally takes the apple O/S to double digits in the market place? not until the apple o/s debundles from apple PCs i don't think.

i actually feel kinda sorry for m$. people yell and complain about what microsoft doesn't do...ie the 360 or vista vs xp. so they extend the warranty and give the consumer choices. what happens? they get lambasted for doing the right thing.

most companies wait until the first SP anyways; and that is coming.

but i hear that windows vienna is looking great!