ACtheTROLL says:
"are any of the other commentors actually running Vista? "
Yes, I and the other techs in my company have all installed and run it.
"and if so did they run the compatibility tool? "
Oddly enough, yes. In fact some of the machines were built specifically for Vista.
"but I've been in this industry since dos3.2 (anyone remember gem?) "
I've been in this industry since the days when Microsoft was a producer of languages only - long before they bought QDOS (Quick and Dirty OS) from Seatle Computer, renamed it MsDOS and persuaded IBM to use it for the PC.
I've worked with proprietory operating systems, CP/M, MP/M Novell Netware, Unix, the original MS/IBM OS/2, IBM's OS/2 Warp, MsDOS all the way from the original, DRDOS, and all versions of Windows, so can hardly be accused of being a reactionary who simply rejects change on principle.
Anyone remember MsDOS 4? This was a similar disastrous release from MS, and just about everyone stayed with 3.2 until the release of MsDOS 5.
ryepie says:
"And UAC in itself is great if you have kids that are going to be using the computer. "
UAC just means one extra click to install malware - I can't see it preventing kids from still blindly clicking! And in terms of everyday use, it is such an intrusive waste of time, that most people turn it off - as have I.
As an MS dealer, we could make a lot more money by recommending that all our clients switch to Vista - the reason we don't is not that we don't want the money - it's that we want to keep our clients, and our integrity.