I agree with everything you said and also stay at N -1.

I've been on the bleeding edge of technology and it's a pain in the lower
parts -- for no gain at all.

Yes, you're constantly Beta-testing and wasting time on trivial matters --
NOT getting useful work done.

DSH

"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
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Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...

Balderdash!

It's a conspiracy between Bloatware Software Manufacturers and
Hardware Manufactures -- each scratching the other's back.

Tell us about the TEN Good Reasons why we need VISTA and all
the things it will do that XP can't -- THEN you MAY be able to
justify the bloatware.

My view of the software industry in general, certainly not just
MS, is that they have become 100% marketing oriented, not problem
solvers. So, with the total possible market virtually saturated
with PCs already, the only way to generate new sales and revenues
is to convince customers with ever shorter product cycles that
they simply must have the newest and greatest, no matter what the
cost, no matter the problems, and certainly, no matter if it does
or does not improve the real reason why we have computers in the
first place - to do useful work.

I have long been a Luddite when it comes to both app and O/S
upgrades and hardware. I have found that I get much more work
done at much less expense and with far fewer headaches by staying
at N - 1 from whatever is state-of-the-art and let the other
fellow beta test with their Visa card. But, if you want to get a
new PC, or must, then you're probably going to be a Vista
customer.

Capabilities & Limitations...

BOTH the Upside & the Downside.

"Transparent Windows" won't cut it.

But you don't seem to be able to do that.

I have 300 GB of disk space -- that's not the issue.


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HP, aka Jerry