Does Windows Vista Matter?

I keep hearing this question: Does Vista matter? Preston Gralla, over on O'Reilly blogs, is the latest to ask. OK, let's assume that It'll be more reliable due to the new driver stack. Don't believe me, that's ATI saying that. It'll have better video due to the new compositing engine. And there's a bunch of other things to come. And we haven't really started talking about the applications that'll come on it that'll compete with the Web-based components. The new Windows Mail, for instance, still has a better offline story than even Yahoo's new email system (which is nicer than Google's, by the way). So, go ahead. Tell me that Windows Vista isn't gonna matter in a Web services based world. I sure don't believe that. Oh, and just in case you do believe that, wait until you see the video I'm doing next week with the Reader Comments... Scobleizer blog. He works as Scobleizer