Microsoft has caved on their change to Vista's licensing and will now allow unlimited transfers, rather than the one they had originally published in the Vista EULA. This change doesn't change my mind about sticking with XP for as long as possible, but it does show that Microsoft actually pays attention to the PC enthusiast community, at least when that community complains loud enough. Microsoft has also decided to allow security software makers access to Vista's kernel, which ought to keep Microsoft out of court until next February or so. That's just a guess on my part, nothing more.

Just to be on the safe side, I'm working on finding a Linux platform that will allow me to play my Windows games without turning them into slide shows. Cedega, which requires a $5/month subscription to get the latest updates, looks promising as the Windows emulation layer and Kubuntu was suggested as the Linux distro I go with in my quest to game Windows-free. I haven't gotten much further than that just yet, but I will. If I can make games like F.E.A.R. and Oblivion playable under Linux, I just might see about moving everything else over.