If microsoft included Internet Explorer 7 in Service Pack 3 or future service packs IE6 usage would be vastly reduced.(Since XP is mainstream and it comes with ie6..)

IMHO most 2D games (not only platformers) were great because deveopers focused more in the gamming factor ( Fun + Gameplay ) instead of the graphics. In some part development was easier to the difference between most computers in those days were more about space and not raw performance. Things changed a LOT in game development. Mario , Contra , Sonic ... Those were the days...

Well i tested vista when i didn't have enough hardware to run it smoothly i thought it sucked ,then after upgrading to a dual core it ran smoothly.In my opinion vista is still a resource hog,but if you have enough resources to run it it runs smoothly and stable. About windows 7 i hope it doesn't come out as an initial disaster like vista,but either microsoft has half world of programmers working for them or as usual they're in a rush to ship 7,well you know what happens...

Creative is loosing lots of customers with their X-FI series,drivers sucks,no support for linux....I had one X-FI Currently i'm selling my sound card which cost me 250 when it was released to use my onboard sound which works flawlessly in linux ,windows,Hackintosh you name it.