>>>Hey, at least it looks good while we lose money ... <g> But I'm sure that the eye-candy gets tired real fast and then we just lose money on it :( ...
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>>What's wrong with Vista.

I wish I had the time to investigate ;).

>Is there really a compelling reasons to upgrade to Vista (besides eye-candy)? I don't think so. Much has been made of the security enhancements but all in all I think a properly setup Windows XP/SP2 box is just fine, but I guess its a personal choice. UAC is a huge pain and will result in users either (a) switching it off, or (b) just clicking "continue" without even reading the message. Windows Defender is no where near as good as 3rd party products. The Windows firewall is only half a firewall by protecting inbound traffic only.

That's the wisdom! While it may not be perfect at stopping the intruders coming in - what can we do, nothing is perfect - they are perfectly free to get lost, the gate out is wide open. They may call home using your phone, and they may tell what you have, but then there's nothing to be ashamed of: you got the Vista! You don't have to shout it, they'll do that for you.

>I think the pundits are right when they say most people will get Vista when they buy their next box.

True... but got it and I lost it, so I have a brand new shiny XP laptop :).