Furious Opinion

I had a client order a Laptop machine the other day. He wanted to replace a machine he had dropped. He specifically wanted Windows XP, but I very quickly found when I went to order the new laptop, that obtaining a one with Windows XP for the price the client wanted to pay was nigh on impossible! They all come with Vista now I was told. The thing that saved me was that a good percentage of those now come with a "Downgrade" disk!
That's right! You get your brand new Laptop with Vista installed and a CD or DVD that enables you to wipe Vista and replace it with Windows XP and thats exactly what I did! It was a pretty hairy process I might add and required a good understanding of device driver installation.
When you think about it, its an absurd situation. This is the equivalent of buying a brand new car ripping out the new engine and replacing it with an old one! I mean how dumb is this?
Windows Vista is an enigma. More advanced, more secure and more intuitive it may be - but it demands much adjustment for most users and I along with many others, among them most laptop manufacturers who don't want to lose sales by only offering Vista alone, remain unconvinced, unimpressed and un.... well un-bloody-everything!