"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:

>There are virtually no applications that requires a Vista

There are applications that require Vista only. But still a small
percentage I agree. I blame the Vista debacle...

>or W7 machine.

WMP 12 apparently requires W7.

>And I don't see this changing much in the next 5 to 10 years either.

10 years back would be W98. Check the shelves for W98 software today.

>some netbooks on eBay have W7 installed on them.

The W7 basic which apparently will be used on netbooks is still in
design flux. But it is apparently going to be very emasculated.