An interesting perspective. I have not had those problems (well most of em). I have been running Vista for over 12 months now, it's networked with XP Home premium (I admit that was a pain to solve), all my games work, and my benches are nice and high (for what I aim to achieve). Oh and the games folder thing? It's just a folder isn't it? I simply put my shortcuts in there and they work fine.
Maybe next time if you ever try again, post up your issues on the forum and we might be able to help solve them. After all, we are all mostly tweaking addicts and now that most of us UNDERSTAND Vista better, many of these issues can now be easily resolved.
or - if you're like most of us . . . a WIN OS is simply a can of either scrapple or SPAM, depending on what bandaid (read: service pack) that you're blessed with. Now, we all know that the can itself is a whole lot more useful than the junk that's within - which, BTW, might actually taste good . . . depending on your tastes
- and it's a lot easier to just open the can, dump out the slop, then use it to store your own stuff . . . pencils, pens, loose change, ammunition rounds, hypodermic needles; it's your choice . . .
which is exactly what a lot of us do with a WIN OS - gut it, keep the shell (hell, we even change the appearance of that cause anything is better then the WIN blue, what-the-hell-kind-of-silver-is-that?!!, and the baby's-first-puke-green colors we were given with XP), and put our own goods into the mix . . .
now, everyone repeat with me . . .
we control the OS . . . the OS does not control us . . . the OS is merely a tool to do my bidding . . . I bow to no OS . . .
As to Vista - tried it, used it, have worked with it . . . not all that impressed.
But, my excuses for not having upgraded yet are dwindling. Once a DX10 capable game comes out that I really want to be able to play with DX10 settings, then I'll probably go ahead an upgrade . . .
or, if they re-design the friggin audio architecture of Vista, which I personally have a problem with . . . but I'm not going to get into that here, cause I've done beat that into the ground too many times over the last few months