Let’s continue on with Zach who has since proven in his comments that he has absolutely no rebuttals to any points made.

The truth is that Vista is an excellent operating system.

The truth is you’re delusional if you really believe that.

It’s not meant to be a life changing experience or a one way ticket to fun and excitement. It’s meant to be the interface that allows you to use your computer without contending with a plethora of code. It’s an operating system, just like Leopard (Mac’s newest operating system) is an operating system.

Filler. The sky is blue.

So why do a lot of people think that Vista will ruin their computing experience?

Well we have two options.

1. Because it has done so already, and I have already posted examples which Zach has promptly ignored or stuck his fingers in his ear and went LALALALALALALALALALALA I DON’T HEAR YOU!!!

2. Everyone BUT Zach is stupid.

Guess which option is the least likely.

The answer can be found in mass media hyperbole and sweeping generalizations made by competitors.

Translation: Zach thinks people are stupid enough to think advertising is Gospel truth. And implicitly saying that all those stories of Vista nightmares are lies. Come to think of it, IS the sky blue in your world Zach?

Apple and Linux are trying to sell a product in a market place that Microsoft has dominated for years.

Filler. I doubt that is news to anyone. And in case Zach hasn’t heard of this, Linux is free.

It makes sense to take shots at the market leader in order to make yourself a contender, but the way in which you do reflects on how your company is viewed.

You mean like Coke and Pepsi and a gazillion other companies? Dude, I think I smell sour apples on your breath. Judging by the polls (whooops, those facts again) show that consumers are much happier with and respect Apple more than Microsoft.

I don’t know about you but when I see those “Mac vs. PC” commercials I feel like Apple is looking down its nose at me and all PC users letting us know that Mac users are better than us just because they use a Mac.

You need to get out more and watch less TV or compensate in some other way. What the commercials are saying is that the Mac is the superior machine, and once you know that, it is silly to use an inferior machine. It is the machine that is better, not the user. Do you personalize everything? When you see those stickers that have Alvin pissing on a Ford logo do you feel like you are being personally maligned if you drive a Chevy?

I don’t have the problems with Vista that these commercials claim everyone has and I definitely don’t feel stupid for using Vista like these commercials claim I should.

That is a short leap over a long chasm. If you think Vista is the superior of the two, by all means use it. A great many people disagree with you, and your constant mentioning of 8% market share tells me that you know it and are a bit insecure. Why you would be so insecure over a computer is beyond me.

Please don’t watch Vonage commercials if you still use a traditional phone service. Your self-esteem will go down the crapper.

Oh Zach, don’t look further if you don’t want a dose of reality:

Brian Carpenter tells us about this REALLY GREAT VISTA FEATURE:

Vista has this really cool feature. When I log in to work via VPN and then close my laptop’s lid to put it to sleep, when I open the lid later, I get the CTRL+ALT+DEL login screen as normal, except that my mouse cursor is now invisible! If I can somehow manage to position the invisible mouse cursor over a button, let’s say the one to shut the computer down, and I click it, Vista says something about not having enough memory to perform that operation, and crashes or hangs!

Oh wait, that’s not a feature. That’s a big hairy stinking bug. My mistake.