R.I.P. Vista

Well, I've finally done it.  I've gotten so tired of Windows Vista that I've decided to scrap it in favor of XP.  I purchased a copy of XP Pro that should be here in the next week and I can't wait to format Vista!

Problems I had with Vista:

1. Excruciatingly slow on simple tasks such as moving/deleting files (hours to delete a 100 MB file)
2. Entire OS as a whole looks good, but the theme makes things hard to read, etc.  There is too much white, everything is white and white. 
3. Windows classic theme looks like a cartoon.
4. Several times I shut the computer down only wake up the next morning and find that vista is still "logging off"
5. Just an overall pause in starting ANYTHING.  It would sometimes take 3-5 minutes to open FireFox.
6. Don't even get me started on using Visual Studio 2005 on Vista...

Look, I'm a computer programmer, and early adapter, and open minded and smart human being, but there's only so much I can take!!  I am in no way opposed to change, in fact I usually love it (I love Office 2007 for instance) but Vista is bad bits.  Hopefully SP1 will fix most of the issues and if so, maybe I'll give it another try.  For now I'm going to go back to the greatest operating system ever made, Windows XP Professional.