Nick Cole

Scotland

Director

Absolutely right. Vista is in general a complete and utter waste of money. Other than tidying up security issues which didn't need a wholesale new version, almost all users will gain nothing worthwhile. Except for a need to learn new interfaces, get used to new colour schemes and so on.

Microsoft are very good at re-inventing the wheel, over and over again. The only real driver is for Microsoft to keep generating income by introducing yet more perceived 'must haves', rather than meeting real needs.

Models of hardware from 2, 3 or 4 years ago are still far more than adequate for everything other than the real power user, and there are very few people or jobs in this category.