@Adonay,
Sorry, mate, but I've been asked to work on too many brand new Vista machines that take several HOURS to complete the initial setup.
I got a second hard drive for my laptop to load Vista on to try it out. I played with the release candidates, and I've played with the final release.
Windows Vista is the desktop equivalent to the phone tree. You know where you want to go, you know it's there, but you are forced into the stupidity pipes to get to a simple feature. Too bad there's no "0" in this phone tree.
I hate supporting Vista because the advanced functionality is in non-intuitive places. Networking, for instance, has combined functionality that just doesn't seem to make any sense.
I support Vista because I have to. Clients whose sites I do not control are buying machines with Vista and (begrudgingly) making do because "That's where it's all going." (Direct quote from a customer.)
I'm sorry. Microsoft has screwed up with this one. Windows 3.x to 95 was a major leap forward, but it seemed more evolutionary (not perfect, mind you, but a lot better.) Vista is a leap backwards.
I submit that new Windows users and non-Power Users will find Vista quite amiable. But anyone I know who does tech work or works more efficiently by exploiting the more advanced methods allowed up to Windows XP cannot stand Vista. It really does force you into its own methodology, which is certainly not efficiency of operation.
There are some amazing tweaks under the hood of Vista, some very impressive technology. But it's all undone by the overall bloat of a poorly designed and implemented user interface.
Vista has made it readily apparent to me that I need to get out of the mainstream IT field. I need to get out before Vista takes hold so I don't lose IQ points. So, I'm trying desperately to move into cybersecurity or to manage Windows 2003 and 2008 servers and Solaris machines.
Between Vista, draconian licensing schemes, and deliberate product crippling, Microsoft is pushing me out.
