You say Windows Vista is pretty stable. This is not been my experience with nor my customers experience with. I understand what you're saying about third-party software being at fault for large part of Vista issues, but you have to understand the average person does not think that way all their programs work just fine with Windows XP, and now they don't.

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Vista performance is indefensibly lower than XP in some areas, but remarkably better in others. Areas of exceptional improvement include application launch time and overall Windows responsiveness.

I have yet to see any area where Windows Vista is faster than Windows XP. It has been my experience that Windows Vista is significantly slower than Windows XP Especially when it comes to application launch time and overall Windows responsiveness.

As for "tweakware" I don't have a problem with it. As long as it's used with care and caution in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing. It can save long hours going through registry entries and tweaking by hand. Take for example tweak UI, probably one of the greatest pieces of software ever developed. With one interface that allows you to tweak almost every aspect of Windows XP to your liking.

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In the mean time, I'd council you to be a help, rather than a hindrance.

Just because my opinions of Windows Vista do not coincide with your own does not make me a hindrance. When I see someone thinking of buying any program be an antivirus program or an operating system. If I know the product has known issues, and I've had personal bad experiences with it. I will try to steer people clear of this product.