Vista is Microsoft's new plan for separating money from computer users.

I'm still on Windows 2000, and will be for quite some time (it runs great on my brand new setup), as it is probably faster, runs all my software fine (including Max 9), and I don't see any need to make Microsoft richer.

But some always need the latest-greatest, even if it actually runs slower.

Anyone ready for the "Great Poser 7 CPU test" ? ;-)

*"From what I remember, Apple was the first to use the icon style GUI anyway. This is the same as the argument saying that the iphone design is "ripping off" the LG "Prada" phone.

Nope, Jobs "borrowed" it from the Xerox Alto Computer.  How quickly we forget!  That was the old Mac interface, The current Mac O.S. seems to have been copied from Windows.  The pot calling the kettle black.