Microsoft is currently teaching us a lesson on not to attach too much significance on upgrades of their products. This means that some time in the future, Microsoft will release a new version of Vista and the old Vista would work better. Just like how Windows 98 works better than Windows ME and Windows 2000 is better than Windows XP. For now, Windows Vista is making us pine away for Windows XP.
The genius behind the ever-expanding software empire realized at an early stage that the only way to sustain their juggernaut dominance in the tech-software industry is by producing products that cancel each other out. They have applied the theory of relativity very effectively consequently resulting to the increase in their mediocre product's value (Windows XP) relative to the futility of a supposedly upgraded but vastly inferior product (Windows Vista).
Windows Vista compelled geeks to produce a video in exasperation of being inundated by requests for tutorials on how to shift from Vista back to XP. As much as one would like to stick with the old stand-by, it is difficult to do so when support for its continued use suffers a terminal cancer and tragically dies.
This is precisely the reason why software piracy persists. The price of any pirated product reveals the utility value of the authentic product. At least to the consumer. We purchased an authentic Windows Vista and for the utility we're getting out of it, it should have been downloaded somewhere for free.
