> "When XP was launched we heard the same grumbles [...] By SP3 people were loving it" Well, that's because they fixed most of the issues in SP1 and SP2. Also

> "When XP was launched we heard the same grumbles [...] By SP3 people were loving it" Well, that's because they fixed most of the issues in SP1 and SP2. Also is there a specific reason you skipped certain versions such as Windows ME, Windows Vista etc? Maybe it's not only "people just can't take change" and some products are legitimately bad?