No one has the right to tell me what I can and can't do with it. No one has the right to "track" my actions, it's absurd.
Can't say I agree with this. As with anything else, there's no such thing as 100% unregulated freedom. Corporate entities (the ones who make your computer a reality) are naturally going to protect their interests. (The extent of which will no doubt be a topic of debate.)
In regard to the rest of the thread, I offer my predictions:
MS will not "drop" Vista
Apple will not "push" MS out of the market anytime soon, Macs may do "email and internet" just like MS, but at 2x the $$$ and 2x less the software library
MS will remain the standard for many years to come
And a few general opinions/observations:
This same topic came up re Win98 vs NT, and it's just as ridiculous now as it was then
XP is suddenly "fantastic" on the forum, when it's usually derided as the biggest piece of crap ever???