Of course it is. Microsoft should be changing their slogan from "Where do you want to go today?" to "What will we make you use today?"

Windows 98 was reasonable, behind a firewall, because it performed well on legacy hardware. XP strains most hardware below 1GHz and for what? The Fisher~Price GUI? The 'improved' security? Hmm, I wonder...

What specs will Vista demand? And will the security be on a par with most Unices? How will the security to cycles ratios compare?