Look, it all just comes down to: There's just no WAY I'm going to "upgrade" to an OS that drains nearly TWICE the system resources as the old, in exchange for pretty graphics that, quite frankly, look gimmicky and pointless, and a few extra bells and whistles. XP does everything I need. Hell, fucking 98 did everything I needed, till microsoft pulled support and compatability.

I like my powerful new computer. I'm not going to waste resources I can use for games and other programs, for some stupid bloody pretty windows that are semi-transparent.

It would be extremely foolish for Microsoft to get involved in protecting against music piracy, it's not their business. I don't know if you read digg or not but if you do, please refrain from doing so from now on.[/b]
They already DO get involved. Media player, etc. And, it IS their business: if Microsoft manages, through a new OS, to make piracy harder, then that means that they can make all sorts of deals with legal music and video download sites and "middleman" companies that supply the means to access such media.

As for being able to pirate Vista? Meh. Somebody will do it.

I stand by what I said. the ONLY way Microsoft is going to get me to "upgrade" is at practical gunpoint, like they did with 98. Make it so IMPOSSIBLE for me to use my computer on the old OS, because of compatability problems and pulling support.

Basically, Fuck Microsoft. I can't go Linux because I'm just not skilled enough to make the most use of it. So, between Mac and Microsoft, it's basically a duopoly.