Microsoft was aware of the incompatibilities at the start. It is up to any business to meet the needs of it's consumers. This also involves Research and Development of any new product. It is not up to other manufacturing companies that already have product being produced or on the shelf to do a recall so that Microsoft can make a profit. It is up to manufacturing companies to make any new product they produce to be compatible with Vista "if" they deem it a necessary expenditure to make a profit and continue an ever evolving business line. Just my two cents.
I have been a faithful Windows user since 3.0 and I really though that nothing could be worse than Windows ME. Vista in the early stages is worse. Windows ME had its problems, but you could get support/help from 3rd party vendors. Upgrading to Vista has been a real challenge... and I feel like I'm walking through this maze all alone. So many software and hardware items don't work with Vista and third party vendors have not developed a fix yet. Virus protection... No, AOL security... NO, ATT security suite... No. Problems that were none existent yesterday are here today. The drivers for my video card, cd-rom drive and D-link usb adapter worked yesterday. Now, nothing but problem messages. I've always fought the good PC vs. MAC fight and found the MAC commercials to be amusing. But, I've never given thought to joining the MAC legions until now. If Vista wasn't ready for a release that would be seamless for the upgrade crowd, It should have been noted. And the Vista Advisor is another matter for another conversation. Why give the green light to a system for upgrade and then present you with a different reality post upgrade?

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