Tidal2 - 7:42 pm on Dec 4, 2006 (gmt 0)

Love or hate does it matter, at least while MS has only Apple and the split Linux group as competitors. Unless of course MS grossly over prices this - as they may well do.

Otherwise MS will get a good market share sooner or later - through new PC's, any upgraders who think a new Vista Windows must be better than the old XP Windows and users forced to upgrade to get any new Vista features. Expect less support/upgrades for XP too.