Zone, you are correct.....

In fact after XP64 is broken / obsolete, I will be 100% Linux
As Long as AoC/DFO perform well in XP for the forseeable future, there will be 0 temptation for me to ever goto Vista.

I loathe MS's new direction and plan to speak with my wallet. I know most ppl will say "yeah but its just one user, they dont care much about that" and those people would be correct. However it is still the ONLY thing one can do (for all practical purposes) that they care about at all. So meh.