First (?) call for Micro$oft to abandon Vista.

[HopperJF]

AndrewBell wrote:
It doesn't matter how big the next Microsoft OS is, or how many pointless search fields they put into the GUI. It won't matter how many BluRay/HD-DVD discs it needs or how many security flaws it has. The majority of people using MS products are indifferent or clueless about any alternatives, and will continue to go with the herd.

Microsoft won the war years ago. There future rule is secured. It sucks, but that's the way it is.

A bit defeatist there Andrew.
Anything can happen in the computer industry.
Commodore 64 was and still is recorded as the biggest selling computer of all time. I bet in its 80s heyday before the catalogue of PC and Amiga blunders no one could see Commodore going bust.

It is perfectly possible given its share of major blunders Microsoft could be dead within 10 years.

[HopperJF]

Some perspective;

I remember when my C64 took 5+ minutes to load a game, now I get FarCry up and running in less time from a cold boot.  I for one would say thats actually not too bad.

Yes but you are comparing cassette media to CD/hard disk media. Not a fair comparison!

Try putting FarCry onto cassette and then see how far you get. :-P