Quoting primesuspect

Usually you present your opinion-based arguments with well-rationed logic behind them - but this is below your standards. Vista is quite a bit more than a service pack to XP. It's almost a complete re-write. Dig into it a bit more than a superficial layer, explore the aspects that affect, say, the MCSE skills; the more technical side of things, and you must agree that your assertion is quite an understatement.

I also agree with Thrax too. Let's look at his list of Vista features:

-Desktop widgets - Something I haven't used yet, so I'm not missing it anyways. I imagine you can find some kind of add-on for XP to do this function if you want some widgets.

-IE7 - Future upgrade for XP anyways. I've recently looked at this abortion and didn't like it's interface layout. Micorsoft in their infinite wisdom decided to change the interface around to be different from the other browsers, to IE7's detriment IMO.

-Aero - Haven't messed with it and don't need it anyways (bloatware)

-WMP11 - future upgrade for XP

-Windows Mail, Calendar - big whoop. I'm presently happy with my present mail client.

-A centralized control panel - Another feature that I really don't need. I know where to go in my present control panel well enough, thank you.

-Prefetching often-used programs to memory - Might be useful, but at the expense of a larger memory footprint, necessitating more ram. More ram=more money to run.

-Updated task manager - Might be useful

-Support for NVFlash drives - Might be useful

-A replacement for netmeeting - Another big whoop. I imagine that 99% of home users will never need something like this anyways. Maybe large businesses could use something like this though.

And like Thrax said about all the trusted computing nonsense, I agree also. And add in all the extra DRM baggage that Billy-Boy is throwing into Vista, and it looks much less atractive than sticking with XP to me.

Now if only Apple would release OSX for systems other than their overpriced hardware........