Vista Ultimate

My beta for Vista is finally expiring at the end of this month, so I decided to re-install my OS this week. I decided to install Vista Ultimate. Although my fellow geeks were pushing me towards Ubuntu I just couldn't make the switch.

First, an operating system is only as good as the applications that are made to run on it. Windows still dominates in this area. The applications made for Windows are just better, period. Don't argue with me, you know you are wrong.

Anything I've ever needed to do on a Linux machine can almost always be done via SSH. So I have no compelling reason to make the switch. I don't have some burning desire to see Microsoft lose the OS war. I think they will continue to dominate for a long time because of my first point above.

And let's not even get into the whole driver issue. Everything just works on Windows (OK, except for my old wireless card), but at least I don't have to install a new video card and I can print in color.

Thus far, I've installed the following applications:
1. Putty (SSH), have to have, it's awesome, I wish it had tabs though
2. AIM (the real one, not GAIM) The latest version is awesome. I even figured out how to turn off those annoying exploding smileys.
3. Firefox (it's just faster and better than IE)
4. Microsoft Office Trial, MS Office kicks butt compared to Open Office (don't argue with me, you know you are wrong), plus I need to test Outlook 2007.
5. Programmer's Notepad, after all these years Microsoft still has the worst text editor out there.
6. Paint.NET, I use it for cropping images

And finally, I think Windows is every bit as stable as any other OS out there. I've never had problems. I think people that do have problems usually have some other type of issue such as hardware or bad drivers and they don't know how to investigate it properly.

So, for all you Mac and Ubuntu users, give me reasons that your OS is BETTER than (not "as good as") mine, and maybe I'll consider not activating this copy of Vista. I doubt you can do it. ;)