Yeah, that mouse gesture thing sounds like something I'll be turning off immediately.

We went with Vista recently for two major reasons: 1) support for 4+ gigs of ram and 2) 64 bit program support. We wanted both of these things and Vista was the only way to go. But I certainly cannot say it is something I am terribly excited about.

I don't know what to say or think about 7, but the first looks sound like a lot of fanboy talk "I'm sure this will be fixed." What makes them so sure?

And everything you say about activation, driver signing, etc. are real concerns.

This is the inherent problem with something as incredibly important as the dominant computer OS not being an open source project. But until Linux can run games and other cutting edge applications, it just will never be a true desktop contender.