Re: Windows 7

I'm staying away from Vista and Windows 7 for a very different reason - compatibility. Over 10% of today's printer drivers won't work with Vista, and MS refuses to fix this problem with Windows 7 at all. Instead, they insist that compatibility with Windows Vista is more important, and intend to focus on that.

Whatsmore, the minimum system requirements are higher than what my machine is. Needs 512 MB of RAM? I've got 256. Needs a DVD ROM drive? Mine only reads CDs. Needs a 128 MB of video RAM? I've only got 16.

Sorry, I wouldn't try Vista or Windows 7, even if I got it for free. Next OS, please.

- Tricob.

"Glass Tiger for life! "

I'll second that rant. I'll admit I've never even used Vista, much less installed it, but I've never heard a convincing reason why I'd want to put myself through that. In my opinion an OS is supposed to be a platform to manage resources and run applications, not BE an application. It should do it's thing as quietly and efficiently as possible and stay out of the way. I've tried Windows 7 and it's nice to see Microsoft finally cutting some bloat, but I still prefer a trim OS and by comparison XP still wins. As a system builder I've had no reason to purchase Vista and while the pre-release upgrades were tempting, I'm still keeping my XP.