05-15-2008, 01:09 PM
I used a Vista machine for a week last week while I worked on my Linux box. I could not believe how badly it interfered with my work. It took sooo long just to start applications that I often walked away for a coffee while it loaded. Sometimes it would pop up a message asking for permission to do some task, but the pop-up would be at the bottom of a stack of other windows. I'd sit there patiently waiting then notice a new item in the taskbar and click on it. The whole screen would go black for a few seconds then it would do the permit/allow routine.