ZOMGZ WINDOWS XPEE IS UZELESS!111! NUTHIN BUT SHINY SHIT RANT RANT RANT FLAME FLAME FLAME
It was the same last time round, at XP's launch. People need to make up their minds. It seems as if most people are ranting and flaming just for the hell of it, whenever a bug shows up, everyone's willing to jump the gun and blame Microsoft for old software but when they do come out with new software, all of a sudden everyone is fine with the old stuff.
Windows Vista is better than XP, whether you like it or not. It's not a step back in time by any means and as such it's the new standard. No-one is saying upgrade now, but you'd be dumb to select a new computer and opt for older software, namely XP.
And seriously, could some of you please get your facts right before flaming. Flaming is perfectly fine if it's justified but stating that OEM Vista invalidates as soon as you replace any hardware is total and utter bullshit. The only hardware change that invalidates Vista OEM copies is a motherboard change, and that's fair enough considering the much lower price you pay for OEM.
sigh I'm not an MS fanboy
I just get aggravated when people don't get their facts right and follow the majority opinion to look cool. It's the internets, get over it.