I've just bought a new laptop last week, and I must say it feels great to finally be able to work in high res without photoshop glitching on me all the time. And it is oh so beautiful, the way painter and photoshop now simply do what I ask it to do, without me having to worry about saving every few seconds or thinking about making a cup of tea while waiting for it to finish whatever it's doing. And now I can actually use all the features of Photoshop - Not that I really need it, but it's a nice, warm feeling to know that it's there, ready for you to use should the need arise.

However, I have to say that I'm starting to hate Windows Vista already. One thing that really irked me was when I went to the Task Manager, and tried to end crashed programs manually. In XP, usually when you tell it to end a program, it just cuts it off there and then. In Vista, I clicked on 'end process'..... and nothing happens. Clicked again and again... and nothing happens. Nothing shuts down abruptly anymore.

Great, just great. The only thing I know regarding what to do in a crash other than turning the damn thing off, and it no longer works. So basically it looks as if they've taken the task manager, the major safety net in XP, the only thing that give you some semblance of direct control over programs.... and made it no better than the "X" button in the corner.

Thanks a lot, Microsoft. Thanks a F****** lot.