alot of the complaints come from the interface.....its just like anything else it takes time to get used to....

Actually, I love the print preview feature in IE 6. That alone was worth the move up.

True, any interface takes time to get used to. However that's not to say that some are better than others. For example, my first programmable remote control had a single red LED that would blink in patterns based on what you were doing. This combined with procedures in the manual allowed one to program codes from other remote controls. Now, my Pronto has a GUI that lets me program codes, or a computer link that does it for me. Both are interfaces. Both take getting used to. That still doesnt change the fact that the LED sucks compared to the Pronot's LCD.

I realize this is overstated but the point I'm trying to make is that a wizard simply isn't as good as a setup menu. Wizards (and LEDs) may be good for people that don't understand what's going on and would rather follow a procedure than understand how to set it up. However I prefer the large setup screen with a thousand options over the wizard any day. Maybe its just me.

I personally prefer IE5, IE5 Sp1 to be specific, as SP2 made HTTP Referrer much harder to ditch (makes it harder when idiots host images off geoshitties). But that's me, to each his own.

(also you probably know this but IE6 can be installed on top of Win2k, so you can get a useful browser without the fugly/useless OS.

I like IE6 and OfficeXP, just because it has the words XP in it, doesn't means its all bad.

what are you talking about? Of course it does!

...although more in a symbolic way, XP is where MS stopped listening to the customer. They knew whatever they made, if by any measure it could be deemed better people would buy it. Thus, XP. If microsoft keeps this kind of stuff up (more detail including their backing down when just about everyone complained here), they'll keep driving customers away until they have none left. (this isn't necessarily a bad thing). The fact is that MS strives when under stiff competition. Now they have none. So no pressure to make products and decisisons that benefit consumers. And for those that dont feel like clicking the links, M$ demanded several large school districts audit tens of thousands of seats for license compliance within a very short deadline, and wouldn't back off until just about everyone complained. Now most of the districts are looking into setting up Linux systems... not because its cheaper, but because their vendor doesnt have them by the balls.