And sorry, but I don't believe anyone who says they are not experiencing some kind of bug with this brand new OS.
I also wish to reiterate that I do not have any problems of any kind.
Other than third party software not working due to poor coding. I even have software I never thought would work, that absolutely does work,,, old 95 days 16bit apps that work without issue.
But, I also am running on a well made Intel board and Intel CPU, with well made kingston ram and Seagate HDD's.
Yes,,, Hardware makes a difference, doesn't matter how old or new it is. I don't use (through experience) ABIT, ASUS, BIOstar, MSI or any other so called board with a ton of bells and whistles and options that for the most part don't really help anything. I went through 2 ASUS boards back in XP days that, one blew up, the other was ok, but still produced problems that others would attribute to windows. I have an ABIT IC7G that has been ok, till the northbrige fan failed and fell off and I had to rig it with another small fan. It works, but produces BSOD's on a regular basis.
On the right Hardware, 7 and Vista are very solid OS's. XP is pretty solid after SP2. But on inadaquate, just plain bad hardware, well,,....
The last place I worked, we used nothing but Intel Boards, and of the several hundered that I built, there were only a few (less than 10) that I had to replace boards on,,,, a couple CPU's had to be replaced, and some HDD's failed. Most all of these items failed on Burn-In.
Of the systems that went out the door, the largest majority of them that came back were due to Virus/Spyware related issues. A couple HDD's and 1 or 2 mobo's. So, the track record speaks for itself.
Most of those people didn't complain about stability issues with Vista. They didn't like the change. That was the biggest complaint that we did get.
So, just keep in mind, that a large majority of issues can be attributed more to User Error, Drivers, Hardware, Third Party software conflicts, internet usage (spyware/malware/viruses .. seen and unseen) which cause OS corruption and instability.
That is not to say that Windows is flawless,,,,, but on average, it is not windows itself that is the problem.
But some combination of the list above. This is the crux of the matter, and getting people to realize this, unfortunately, is not easy.
Of the hardware that can cause OS/data corruption...... Failing HDD and Memory,,, inadequate or failing Power Supply (believe it or not).