skipsway.com is finally on line

It's been a long time in the making, but http://www.skipsway.com/ finally went on line about a week ago. It's my first attempt at creating a website, let alone a web store. It's very basic and still very much a work in progress, but at least it's a start.
I want to talk a little bit about Microsoft Windows Vista. I've installed Vista on approximately 40 machines so far. They were all clean installs (no upgrades). Most were single installs, 5 were dual-boot (Vista and XP), and 3 were triple-boot Vista, XP, and Ubuntu). Then there were 2 new Vista machines that I added XP to dual-boot. By far, adding XP to a new Vista machine was the hardest. New hardware built exclusively for Vista, has no XP drivers. Computers built within the last 2 years for XP, with high quality name brand parts, accepted Vista without too much trouble. Some older or less expensive computers made with questionable parts, could not load Vista, let alone get it to run. My biggest success story was taking my 2 year old HP DV 4000 laptop, upgrading to a GIG of RAM and 160GB hard drive. I installed Vista Ultimate, XP Pro, and Ubuntu 7.04 to triple-boot. It all installed and works flawlessly. Vista has already installed over 100 "Updates and Patches". Here we go again.
Once Vista is running, it controls your computer, not you! Almost anything you do, Vista puts up a couple of those insidious "POP-UPS" requiring permission to continue. Sometimes it even tells you (the owner and administrator of the computer) that you don't have "Permission" to do something. I asked it for Bill Gates' phone number so that I could ask him for permission, but it wouldn't give it to me. I understand the need for security, but I'm a big boy now and it's MY computer. Give me one simple button to turn all that crap off and let me take my chances. A business network situation is different and needs those features (maybe). Bill Gates, Microsoft, and Vista can not stop "people" from being stupid. Porn sites and Illegal download sites WILL put bad stuff on your computer. Keep your anti-virus and anti-spyware up to date and active. Install Microsoft critical updates. Don't open unsolicited or unknown email. I'll get off my soapbox for now, but I have a lot more to say about all this. For now, I don't recommend getting a Vista machine unless you have to. Wait till next summer, let's see how all this shakes out. If your XP machine works well for you and your needs, get it tuned up, add some good RAM, save yourself a bunch of money, and enjoy.