Windows Vista is a piece of...

[magnus]

Not to be a complete prick here, but first you declare:

So, I consider myself a computer expert and in this case, pretty much a Windows Expert, a definite POWER USER of computers.

Then you make statements such as:

I reverted BACK to Windows XP Pro. Going backwards sucked hardcore and was very difficult to do, took me hours.

Intel Quad Core CPU (FOUR processors in one), not 2 but 4, there isn't a faster computer available right now.

.. which completely undermine your previous declaration of being "a computer expert". There's much more to building PC's than putting pieces together in a lego fashion. There's firmware upgrades, BIOS configurations, RAM timings, etc.

This is by no means a pro-Vista post, as I know better than to migrate to a pre-SP1 Microsoft OS and then complain about it. In the end, your post comes off as nothing more than pro-Macintosh propaganda.