How ham handed and horrifyingly easy it was for Microsoft to toss out such a poorly tuned product.

Seriously, if they even considered their opponents competition this wouldn't have happened. Their monopoly might not be as total as previous years but it's clear they just don't care.

This is backed up by the glorious 'We put in these alerts purposely to annoy YOU' confession and the fact they're pulling XP from the shelves just to FORCE people to take their ####ty product.

I'm not about to debug something I paid for. That's their job. And for the damn price I paid, I expect far better. It is a damn shame there is no way to get my money back.