Oh yes WinFS is going to be sweet.  Also Windows 7 is going be alot smaller too, basically Vista is a 50 million line of code well all thats is going bye bye.  Microsoft taking away the bloat that will be the first, Are they actually listening to what customers want is more a leaner OS that can still have all the bells and wistles, i cant wait untill basically you will be able to go to a public lib or your relatives house and use there computer and download your desktop on to theres all over the net, well at least thats what i heard that will be happing with Windows 7 or maybe later,  Some good things are awaiting by 2010. 

For the most the only people comlain about is the UAC well you can disable that if that annoys you.  But then you'll be taking a Risk of accidently downloading something or clicking on something that could have a possibility of accessing a component that otherwise would have been protected with UAC since it would have asked you "If your the one who wants to access this component".  Yeah it can be a pain but when it comes to security, if your not willing to take the extra step to have secure systems then dont cry when things happen and you have to do a reinstall your OS.

This seems like a silly argument to me...

Yes, Windows can be dll hell, and has viruses. Yes, Vista freezes or eats up resources if misconfigured, and has a few bugs (remember how many patches and service packs it took XP to work those out?). I'm sure Vista SP2 will be relatively solid, and Server 2008 is looking good.

Macs run pretty solid, but if you trash a mac, you will probably need to call tech support. Unless you know UNIX.

And, your Unix/Linux box could easily turn into a hacker's paradise if you don't know what you are doing...

But, the key is what you know...

I've known people with well-configured Windows 98 boxes that ran for 10+ years on PII processors... And there are BSD implementations that run high-traffic webservers for years.

My point is, don't trash another OS (unless it's windows ME - that was one giant mistake) - if you don't feel like using it, don't.  But whatever you do, please do your research, perform regular maintenance, and you'll keep your system running smoothly for years.

Think about this: You can quad-boot Vista, XP Pro, OS X, and your favorite Linux distribution... Or you can run them all at the same time if you've got the machine to do it (any dual-core+ Intel with >4GB RAM). So why not try them all out?*

*Note: if you do go for a multi-boot system, backup your data and definitely do a lot of research before you start.

The Definitive dual-booting guide

Thats like the old Compaq computers at my work. Half of the motherboard is under the CD and Hard Drive tray and you wonder   how in the hell can you be able to repair the computer if the manufacture puts a big motherboard in a small case