Piling on Vista

[Xiahou]

1) Looks good

Highly subjective- personally, I don't care for it. I also didn't care for the XP/2003 theme, but once I turned classic on it was acceptable.

2) Dx10

True- but even now, almost 1.5 years after it's release, it still isn't widely supported/implemented.

3) Added security (It's laughably more secure and stable than XP...trust me).

I'd like to see either of those claims documented with more than your personal experience. If by "secure", you mean more annoying- then yes. But nagging security pop-ups just get turned off/ignored by users.

I mean what were you hoping for out of the next OS? Culinary skills? What does it have to "do" in order to have you claim it is "worth it"?

They could start by adding the features that were originally supposed to be in Vista, but were dropped.

And if it was free- Would we even be having this discussion?

You mean if it was free, would I be running Vista? Nope.

[seireikhaan]

Hmm... So when's Windows 7 supposed to be coming out anyways, so we can hopefully put this debacle behind us?

[Orda Khan]

I just love the way XP has become everyone's best friend

I don't know what to tell you except that I just continue to see a thread full of people who don't have Vista- Justifying why they don't have Vista.

You don't need to justify it. You're on XP still, some of us have moved forward in time. There's no justification or debate necessary.

Precisely

.....Orda

[Viking]

I have yet to find a reason to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista, but using both versions daily I'll just say that Vista looks infinitely better graphic wise; not to mention that the dreaded hourglass finally is gone.

[Husar]

Yes, part of my message was tongue in cheek, I wouldn't have payed for Vista either, it's okay with a new Pc but then I don't buy complete Pcs, so...
But then I never payed for XP either, I'm just a cheapskate.