mcneely - 4:53 pm on Apr 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

Vista came in about 8 different versions that did exactly that.

Sure they did, but not quite as "exactly as that". Every release beyond the very basic release contained a good assortment of toys and eye candy.

Windows needs to build beyond just cpu capability and price ... They need to begin building for us.

Pretties and fancy resource hog graphics are fine for those attempting to impress their mates with how nice their panel looks ... It's been said that "looks are 90% of the sale", and this is quite true ... But looks don't do much for those of us that depend on and use these cpu's for a living.

Fancy packages won't carry the day quite like a decent OS will I'm afraid.