Quote - Then, there's Vista... a near-unknown because most proggies aren't written for it yet,

That is the understatement of the year.  I only tried Vista for about 8 hours and it drove me insane!  Driver incompatibilty errors galore not to mention that stupid permission for everything feature, even if you are the one and only admin on the computer!!!!   Most stupid OS that I've encountered out of the 5 that I've used.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi