This. Fucking. Sucks.

My computer went down AGAIN. That's right, my new computer. My boss had to come over and install a brand spankin' new version of Windows XP to clean up the enormous diarrhitic mess Vista had become in just three short months, and I lost EVERYTHING. In case you were wondering the specifics, my file browser on Windows Vista would open, then immediately shut down on its own, then decide whether to restart or not (sometimes yes, sometimes no). This prevented me from accessing any files, uploading my work, backing up information, etc. Also, 50% of the time programs would stall out when I tried to start them, and would shit the bed without warning during use. What the hell happened? And what does this mean?

Right now, I have no access to any of the programs on my computer - Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, all the fancy layout and image editing tools my company paid such big bucks for. I had to go online and download Open Office, all my uploaders and downloaders, iTunes, numerous drivers, and everything else free I could find. All these little things you use daily and don't realize how much you rely upon until they're gone.

All my bookmarks and passwords on Firefox are gone. Not life-threatening, I know, but I'd just spent three months replacing and remembering them all.

I can't get my plug-in speakers to work, so no sound, music or video is available to me. This happened last time and I'll be damned if I can remember how I fixed it. This computer is THREE MONTHS OLD, mind you.

I think I can bring this issue out of my own personal kvetch files and chalk it up to the American desire, or should I say habit, of clamoring for the NEWEST, the LATEST, and Corporate America's desire to constantly stuff that maw with untested, unready and unusable NEW NEW NEW versions of everything it produces. Vista is unready for public consumption. I've heard the new Airbook is a rat king of problems. The last Harry Potter book was a complete abortion. Take the time, people! Take the fucking time and do it right!