Dan Abel wrote:

> You *are* aware that the OS is software? The most complicated software
> on the machine, but still just software? And that the BSoD is an OS
> software failure?
>

I'm not trying to be funny but I haven't seen one of those in a couple
of years. Are you saying it's literally the BSoD like in the old days? I
did not know that they existed in Vista, at least I have not seen one.

I have gotten some lockups but that's a rare occurrence. My guess is
that if your computer locks up, it's probably the fault of the
application you're running.

The reality is that any glitches you have with the OS and applications
can and should be solved early on and that it is entirely possible to
run Vista without problems. My guess is that if you cannot get Vista to
run, it is because you lack the technical ability - there's no shame in
this, but you shouldn't blame Vista either. And please don't tell me
that you're the head of the computer technical services of blah, blah,
blah since this would only confirm that you don't have the ability to
fix a system. :-)

I'm surprised that folks forget that there was a big resistance and
bitching about XP when it first came out. The exact same problems of
incompatibility with applications and it was always this BSoD thing. All
this is not new. I was opposed the the win environment and stuck with
DOS6 until about 1999.

The idea that Vista users love M$ is an incorrect one. No doubt there's
a few folks that love Microsoft but most of us are just being pragmatic
about the few choices we have. It's simply the OS that makes the most
sense at the moment. Hell, I'd try Apple's OS the first day they release
a version that can be run on a machine that I can assemble myself and
not pre-loaded in an expensive white box. I might even be shouting
"phrase Jesus!" when that day arrives - but I'm not holding my breath. :-)