How original,did you come up with the "Hasta la Vista" all by yourself. -you ran a beta version and said it was slow...have you tryed the rtm version,because thats the only true way to rate a os system performance...vista rtm can't compare to the beta versions,it simply runs great! -you say ms will only allow you to chgange hardware once then you "must make a request to Microsoft for leniency or repurchase a new license"...this is wrong,you can upgrade all component's any number of times with no need to repurchase. -you say linux is "more robust, reliable, secure" where as a number of recent surveys prove that this is not the case,and that was comparing to xp! -linux "don't restrict the user"...here you are finally correct -saying this is the beginning of the end of ms is downright silly,no one can predict the future (would you have thought of google 5 years ago?) -"This is by and far the worst offering from Microsoft since" didn't you try windows Me? summary: get your facts right if your going to rant on about windows vista,the whole comparing windows vs linux get's boring after a while...why not get your hands on a copy of vista rtm and use it for a couple weeks and then write a review of what you did and didn't like! ps:in case you think im some ms cheerleader,im not! i personally have used both windows and linux for a number of years (have used linux daily since redhat 5.2 days...with my distro of choice being suse) and this post being written using a usb key version of slax...