I have complaints about XP, but it's my understanding
that very few of those issues are addressed in Vista,
instead there are a bunch of new issues.

Only 8% of developers are even working with Vista
as a target OS. 49% are still building for XP.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html

The reason to use XP was because that's what most
people were using. It's a trend thing, the longer that
people have been using an OS the harder it becomes
to switch. Switching costs more money, takes more
time, and more effort. The OEM path is the only
way for MS to force adoption of Vista.

Trying to force the market is risky. Linux is free,
so there always will be a price incentive for OEMs
to sell bare-bones computers, or to install Linux.

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