From the casual end user's perspective, there really isn't all that much difference between XP and Vista. Everything you know and love is still there... more or less. Mr. Gates & Company just decided to move things around a bit and make things more fancy & pretty. Some things became
more logical and some things a little
less logical. The real problem comes from: a) The truly
massive computing power necessary to run Vista effectively and, b) The changing of certain key default settings. There are the usual new bugs & teething issues, but that's common to all such upgrades.
As a computer repair guy, I am a bit torn. On the one hand, XP is a decent OS and I see little, if any, practical reason to upgrade. On the other hand, I need to stay "cutting edge" current and there is a lot of money to be made off people who did upgrade to Vista. With the latter point in mind, I will probably buy a new Vista machine soon just so I can duplicate in the shop problems that folks are experiencing out in the field... particularly with respect to cross-OS wireless networking.
Just to convince myself that I hadn't lost it, I set-up a new wireless XP home network for someone today in 4-1/2 minutes, including appropriate security and printer sharing. I had worked on that XP/Vista cross-OS home wireless network for 4-1/2
HOURS last week and got nowhere.
But I can't blame Bill Gates for everything. In that latter case, the problem including a machine that should never have been running Vista in the first place... and hideous 3rd party "comprehensive" PC security systems that should never be placed on any sane person's machine.
Dougster