@BarbraAegimius: Phoshi is right. The first GUI, for example, was "stolen" from Xerox by Apple. Comparing only Apple and Microsoft, Microsoft had both the taskbar and the dock before Apple (Windows 3.1). I'm pretty sure Nextstep had one of these at one time before either Apple or Microsoft. Microsoft had the two…

@TheFu: Here's one: [blogs.zdnet.com]

@Matthew Salzano: I don't think you can upgrade from xp. Best to dualboot anyway.

@zadimam: I really like Vista. I'm using Home Premium 64 bit and have had no problems whatsoever. Far faster than xp as well.

@m-unit: As long as you have at least 1 GB of RAM and something newer than P3 processor, it probably will.

@dagwud: I'd say just ignore the Windows Experience Index Score. It's an extremely synthetic benchmark and doesn't reflect the actual performance of your PC.

@John Merlin: Yeah, this applies to any country where you can buy from the iTunes store.

@the_sanks: They're replacing the DRM'd track and re-downloading it in higher quality and DRM free. I did it earlier today and I chose not to delete my old songs, so I could check, and I had two copies of the song where the new one was noticeably better.