Windows Vista is awesome.

Today I was lucky enough to get to restore Vista on a Sony VAIO notebook today. I could probably think of a worse way to waste time, but it would probably involve physical pain. I received the error above a couple hours in and had to start over. Seems like everyone in the IT field (that doesn't swallow MS marketing) talks about how Vista sux0rs, but seriously. After you get used to the pretty semitransparent windows (takes about 30 seconds), there just isn't anything it improves upon over windows XP that can justify its stupefying slowness. If the aesthetics matter, get an Apple and do it right. Sheesh.