To wait or not to wait, that is the question

The press and users are highly critical of Windows Vista and while it is understandable that the public moans about features like the User Account Control that was specifically implemented to annoy them it is not as clear as to why the press is taking such a critical stance towards the operating system. It’s the same press that is full of praise for Windows Server 2008 that is critical of the client based product that is using the same code basis.
Users don’t like Windows Vista because of several reasons. The immense hunger for resources is probably the biggest complaint that users have. That in combination with the fact that Vista shines on the outside but does not offer that many valuable improvements when compared to Windows Vista is probably the main reason why so many users make the decision to keep Windows XP.
The majority of users who run Windows Vista have purchased a new PC with it. This group is growing over time and soon there will be no possibility to purchase computers with Windows XP installed. It’s Windows Vista or.. nothing ?
Microsoft is facing another problem. Talks about Windows 7, as marginal as they might have been are creating an immense reaction on the Internet. Everyone knows that Microsoft is having high hopes for Windows 7, that it will be the system to break with the old ways, that it will be faster, better. Everything that Windows Vista is not.
More and more users are convinced to wait with every tidbit that is released, with every screenshot, video or press release that mentions Windows 7. No one knows yet if this first hype, if you may call it that, is justified. The milestone 1 release was more an improved version of Windows Vista than it was Windows 7.
Microsoft is trying its best to stay closed lipped about Windows 7 and release only the information that are absolutely necessary. It’s not a coincidence that most information about Windows 7 have been leaked from unofficial sources, for instance from the testers of the milestone 1 release.