Title: Pay no attention to the OS behind the curtain . . .
Product review: OK it's new, and even change agents don't REALLY like change - so Vista has encountered some push-back. But even if we could adjust for resistance to change, Vista probably still wouldn't be very popular. The reason in a nutshell is that Vista's interface is neither intuitive nor consistent with previous versions, making it hard to get anything of any complexity whatsoever accomplished (try setting up a wireless network connection). A new and illogical interface could possibly be tolerated if a good printed manual were available, but documentation typically is electronic. The "are you sure you want to do this?" popups are annoying at first. But since there are so many of them, people quickly learn to blow by them without even looking, which renders them totally ineffective. All in all, Vista users are going to face a stiff learning curve for little if any benefit. I think that Microsoft has really painted themselves into a corner this time.
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