Simple system 'reset'

All sorts of applications mount ISOs, etc. Linux and OSS apps are hardly alone in this. UI features, like where you have a logoff function, are hardly IP. Many, many UIs share features.

You usually don't see "mounting" in Windows because it automounts nearly everything without user input, and rarely refers to mounting.

Its been so long since it came out that we forget that not everyone wanted what Windows XP had to offer, but we used it for 8 years to the point it became such old hat and simple for us that its hard to move off to anything else. The shocking change to Vista/7 is as massive as the change from 3.1 to 2000 or the change from XP to Vista. I welcome Microsoft's attempts to update and innovate. I also recognize that one shoe doesn't fit all and thus the need for Macs and the various Linux versions, but this article isn't about Apple or Linux, its about Microsoft and the teaser of what is to come. Hopefully Microsoft representatives can sift through the attacks to find the few gems of quality recommendations offered by some in this thread.

Personally I enjoy Windows 7 and hope that Win8 is even better.

Steven
http://www.reddwarfmedia.com

Agree with most comments.
But, at the end of the day, Microsoft is just another business and they need to keep cranking out new (well, at least what appears to be new) products.
Shareholders demand nothing less.

Its a damn shame they made it so confusing, XP pro is just in general better equipped over XP Home, and required less system resources. Two versions, do you want the fatter less featured version, or the thinner highly featured one? Pretty easy choice compared to now.