Vista visited

By the way, I have tried out Vista, on a machine on which it should have run like the wind and shown like diamonds.

Sad to say, it did neither. In fact, I was aghast at how poorly it performed and how buggy it seemed.

Only Microsoft gets away with shipping such schlock.

Sure, it'll get better, starting with the first service pack, but it has a LONG way to go to live up to the hype. Chances are it never will.