I was passing through the computer section of a department store the other day (and was pleasantly surprised to see that they've reintroduced Macs - last time I saw them in there was around '95!) Anyway, I gave Vista a go. Where's the big "wow"? I use XP at work due to necessity and so I'm quite familiar with Windows, but I couldn't detect any real difference between XP and Vista, except for the eye candy. The eye candy makes it rather like a turd designed by Rembrandt. There's still no logical filing system (e.g. the hard disk's directory is still full of random nonsensical folders instead of being logically organised like on the mac), the whole system still runs off the start menu (honestly, they call it Windows yet you use the start menu 90% of the time, thereby avoiding the windows). The only good new features were the ones they ripped off the Mac - how DO they get away with as blatant a rip-off as their dashboard "tribute", anyway? Where did that extra half-gig (or whatever) of RAM that Vista requires go to, then?