I think the main complaint about Vista I've heard is that the feeling of using the software is not so intuitive? Maybe because people had been used to the old XP, and now all the buttons are in different places. Can be very frustrating. And for most people, the OS bogged down their systems? I guess it required a significantly higher processor speed, so if you didn't have a top of the range computer then programs would hang very often.

Which goes back to the problem with windows that I hate the most, hanging, and viruses. Personally I like a mac because if one program hangs I can just turn it off and not have to restart the whole thing. I'm also not really bothered to learn all the fussy things just to get work done on the computer.

I've had my mac laptop for five years now, and the original OS is going strong (10.3.9)(But I need to upgrade the OS now, because they're not making updates for the flash player and java anymore so it gets annoying when i need to ibank and I can't upgrade the thingys). Only problems were hardware failures...

I think paying the extra money is worth it to have a reliable machine (in terms of everyday work stability) and not have to worry about getting virused all the time. You probably pay more when u need to fix yr computer because u forgot some update or another and got a virus. The downtime would cost you plenty.

just my 2 cents..
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