I'm using it now. While I find it to be hideously ugly in terms of out-of-the-box aesthetics, and my gfx card seems to have had a slight regression in performance when using Aero, it's a solid product and a worthy successor to Vista, even though it's hardly a revolution at all.

I'd point out though, that it actually IS Vista; both OSes even have the same major version number. Vista isn't even that bad now imo, now that hardware vendors have gotten up to speed on the core changes and SP2 has ironed out all the showstopper bugs that people complained about when it was launched initially.

There's no bloody way I'd ever consider paying for an upgrade, though. $240AU for an upgrade to what is essentially Vista SP3? Bugger that! Especially when you compare it to OS X, where they're offering $30 upgrades from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

While I'm glad Microsoft is making an effort to improve their Windows product line, I'm still hoping against hope that their market share will continue to slip. If it could ever get down to something even as much as 80%, innovation in the OS industry would surge.

I see you're playing Mario Galaxy. Same here. Unlocking Luigi is a bitch.

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