I also knew  people who swore by Windows ME - but you couldn't torture me into using it.  The beta couldn't even install on my computer - later, the release installed and then proceeded to crash relentlessly (BOS or worse).  That's when I fell in love with Windows NT.  Never went back (NT 3.5, 4.0, 2000 Pro, XP Pro, XP Pro x64).  If I had a real need for Server, I'd go with it as it is even more secure/stable/powerful.  For basic users, the hobbled versions might suffice, but you want anything really to work you need a real OS.  Vista sounds like, for the majority (including Microsoft employees?) to be not-ready-for-prime-time.  And it's rather funny from my perspective - MS has been working on this thing forever - just think "Boston's third album". ;P

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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