So, after panning the OS, the participants felt obliged (consciously or not) to be enthusiastic about something they were told would solve all of their notions about what was wrong with it. To help them along they were shown some features that most people wouldn't know about if they didn't attend a training class or have someone actually show it to them, on a new, fast machine with plenty of memory. They didn't have to actually install it themselves on their own crappy hardware at home, nor did they have to actually use it to accomplish real work, nor did they get to use it for more than a few minutes or for anything other than the canned examples.
The decide for yourself thing is totally bogus as well. The only way most people can decide is to first, buy it, and second, install it on their own computer. If something goes wrong, they're stuffed. I think people are right to be suspicious of major OS upgrades (from anybody). If it comes on the machine, OK; otherwise, is it really worth it?
Hey, I have nothing against Vista - I have no opinion of it. But this seems pretty cynical. Is it really from Microsoft?
