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Same thing happend always when they did change in OS level, Leopard is not exception. I used to use dual boot (XP and Vista, but 95% of mine on Vista) since MS released Vista Beta 1. I remove XP from my machine when Vista reach RTM. I know there are a lot of issue between new OS, old hardware, old software--but I found my life is easier with Vista. I do love Favorites on Windows Explorer very musch, plus the way to switch from one place to another.

I seeing that a lot of hardware vender release the driver rather quick compair to when Microsoft released XP. My 5 year-old Cannon scanner already have Vista driver, not bad?

Only one bad thing I dont like is Vista cannot detact my Asus TV card. It need some work to get thing done.

Weird, seeing this kinda post coming from you, who must have changed a lot of things or been part of those decisions at MS for Hotmail, I simply hate the new feature of having pics pasted as small snapshots in mail body, you click on it, you get to download the jpg and open it in associated software, its painful!!!!!! who came with this intelligent idea! if you were not part of it, then can you become part of solution n have it changed now. just give me identical google feature, i.e. 'see all pics' in one page or download all pics in a zip file. i am all for changes, but we should change for better, not just change for the sake of change and to come up with a list of '300' features.

My only guess is that the original poster in the article either A) Didn't have enough RAM, or B) tried to upgrade on an unsupported machine. (Leopard finally left some of the older (sub 800Mhz, sub G4) machines behind.

Every machine that I've upgraded with adequate hardware has gone swimmingly well. Certainly far far better than any Windows update I've ever done. (I make my living on Windows, so I'm a bit biased in the Windows direction at times, but upgrades are NOT Windows strength.) The comments below the above article seem to support my experience.

I do agree with your assertion that people do not like change. Apple knows this, which is why they only make incremental changes to their UI instead of a drastic overhaul and move everything around like Microsoft seems to enjoy doing with both Windows and Office. Why Microsoft hasn't quite figured out that this is one of the reasons for the slow upgrade adoption is beyond me.

Oh how I hate Vista - it hogs memory, it is unintuitive, it lacks major driver support, it runs like a slug and it deprecates too much. I've tried and tried again to live with Vista (done 5 clean installs on new laptops and desktops) but everytime I find myself going back to XP (not the regular one, but my own, very heavily modified XP - yes it is possible to modify Microsoft products to your own taste!). So as far as Vista goes it's a very clearcut NOGO. But for the new Hotmail Lite I must say that it is a slight improvement over the old one. Everything you get used to that changes is evil in the beginning, but the new Hotmail is slowly becoming less of a nuisance. I only use it as a filter for all the online services where I have to leave my e-mail address and for online groups where I am a member. Of course I have a complaint: the everincreasing number of times that Hotmail feels is has to PROTECT me from EVIL mail and BAD people. Pllllleeeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeee, spare me this protectionism I haven't asked for, just show me the mail. And if I have told it nce that that particular email is safe, then by Jove remember it, and don't ask the same question EVERYTIME...