[prtynkd]

i too have heard most of these complaints before (even from myself). with win95, can't get my dos games to work, can't get my legacy software to work, the drivers suck.... with xp, they were almost exactly the same. by then the bloat issue really started to surface. i won't touch the 64bit issues. as for the drm issue, i am sure most of us have stepped on the wrong side of the fence at least once. i like playing my games without hunting down the right disc. and yes, i do have the odd mp3 on my drive. vista is what it is, and we can either use it or not. sure m$ is losing a few billion on this venture, and maybe they will hear all the complaints and do something about it. i run 98, xp and vista and am glad to. they are all good in their own way. i prefer a secure machine, and vista gives me that. if i want to run legacy software/games, i fire up one of my old machines. now i am ranting...