I use Vista (on my MacBook) more often than OSX lately. Somehow all MacBook hardware features work (except the camera/mic). The keyboard, tab and scroll down al

I use Vista (on my MacBook) more often than OSX lately. Somehow all MacBook hardware features work (except the camera/mic). The keyboard, tab and scroll down all work fine. Putty works better for me compare to the default xterm that shipped with OSX. The "just work" phrase doesn't seem to reflect that based on my own experience. For development, Vista has pretty much everything while OSX has almost everything minus .NET (yes I know there's Mono but I don't need Mono, I need Microsoft .NET and its tools Express or Full-package). I prefer Office 2007 than Office 2004 or iWork. Outlook feels my need. At home (PC desktop) I use Media Center frequently. Front Row isn't anywhere near. Oh, I never use Front Row because it doesn't do much. I prefer to use Windows Live Gallery than iPhoto because WLG is simpler (for me) than iPhoto. Overall, Vista is smooth for me. My machine is a budget one; it took $450 CAD to build it. Here's the spec: ASRock (or ASUS I forgot) mobo with built-in vid-card AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 4400+ 2.30 GHz Kingston RAM 2GB DDR2 800MHz Samsung 160GB SATA2 Haupauge WinTV PVR 150 Windows Media Center detects the card with no problem at all and it fetched all cable channels. You could also watch tons of clips from MTV via Windows Media Center. While I understand the real-world situation that the author describes, there's no need to hate something that you've never tried.