RE: And the winner is...
I do remember Windows ME, and it was garbage. Ultimately, I think VISTA will prevail because of the huge investment Microsoft has in it. It is a 64bit OS that is supposed to take advantage of multicore processors.
Unfortunately, it was probably going to take 2 years before the tires connect.
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