So, as I mentioned before on a previous post, I decided to get rid of Vista. After using it for quite a long time, I got tired of continually hunting down new and improved drivers(which still seemed worse then their XP counterparts), constant clicking of admin rights(I know, I know, you can turn off UAC), and other quirks and random crap.

So, I installed Ubuntu and XP on a dual boot drive and so far so good. The only problem is, the more I use XP and Linux side by side, the more I'm leaning towards using Linux full time. With the recent anouncement by a few companies of full support for Linux instead of using those resources to port to Vista, things seriously look to improve on the gaming front.Also, with the recent anouncement by AMD of full support of Linux with their new driver scheme for ATI, it really can only get better and better.

While I don't hate Microsoft by any means (life is way too short to hate anything) I am seriously frustrated with their latest offering. I'm frustrated they released it before fixing issues from beta. I'm frustrated they took my 120+ USD and smiled, while knowing their product was broken. I'm frustrated with myself (and everyone else for that matter) for excepting unfinished, incomplete, and generally broken software(usually corrected 6+ months down the road) from companies. It's time software companies start shipping products that live up to expectations(i.e. COMPLETE)or die by the roadside (Bye Infogrames/Atari!)

In the end, with all the re-install work out of the way, I'm moving on ahead and never plan to revisit Vista again, (regardless of DirectX10,10.1,11,or whatever) ever.