a) I agree, Vista has improved. But why couldn’t they get it right the first time? Yet they still have so many annoying features – like the User Account Control. I am no Microsoft hater. I admire the way in which they have built the business – an iconic brand certainly. My issue was with the approach – ‘lets have a sexy campaign and all Vista problems will be sorted’. Frankly, I don’t see what XP cannot do that Vista can. The user-friendly features are marginal improvements.

c) Apple is ‘all style and no function’ is a myth and I am not saying this because I am an Apple fan. I use both and with Apple the user experience is more stable and error-free (by and large).

d) I am all for business success. But when businesses get comfortable in dominant position and take consumers for granted it bugs me. Ditto with Apple and its monopoly in iPod.

a) Apart from the intially teething problems on the Vista -the corrected one is definitely far better than what earlier MS launches.
b) The one problem that still exists as per my understanding is the usage of memory space once installed. But then better features -definitely more space.
c) MS is very functional especially for working crowd whereas Apple is more style ( sure of the many hate mails) – and I believe “design should follow function”
d) The Big hate is for the fact that MS has monopolistic intentions and they cannibalize competition. But aren’t we in business ? If competitions lose so be it.

This is definitely not anti Apple but for MS. Let’s accept the fact that both are iconic brands and have equal space in history. Or is the bashing because of personalities involved ?