Kyros on 14 October 2008
Or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that this is one year later, Vista SP1 and all computers now have 2Gb of RAM (not least because of Vista).
In the beginning driver support was atrocious (and yes part of this was Microsoft with their idiotic signed driver "feature") and a big part of Notebooks that were sold with Vista had either 1Gb of Ram or Intel integrated graphics both of which made using Vista about as fun as getting a tooth pulled out. (start menu -> loading swirl -> programs -> loading swirl -> folder -> loading swirl AAARGH)
On the other hand nobody could tell me an actual benefit the consumer has over XP
