As most of you probably know, Windows Vista™ released today.

Some of you are probably celebrating while others might be hiding under a rock, hoping that it will all go away.

Both Best Buy and Circuit City devoted pages in their Sunday circulars this week on the release. Best Buy touting that they had over “60,000 trained specialists” ensuring that they would “match you up with a PC you’ll love.”

Apple decided to counter the release with one of their Mac vs. PC ads. Humorous as usual, it shows a nervous PC about to undergo surgery to prepare for the Windows Vista™ upgrade. A not so subtle jab at what the PC owners of the past have gone through as they updated their OS.

The above two spectrums seem to be equally matched by what the everyday user is thinking. On one hand, those who can’t wait and are updating as soon as possible and on the other those who could care less and happy to keep working on whatever is installed on their machine, as long as it works.

If you fall somewhere in between or need assistance trying to figure out what if anything you need to do, let me suggest looking at PC Mag’s Windows Vista™ - What you need to know site. I recently spent a good two hours reading up on the different stories offered up. I pretty much left the site overwhelmed with information and learning more than I could have possible hoped (and maybe wanted) to.

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