I've never met a Microsoft product I liked
Okay it's not quite true... I quite liked OneNote. However Om Malik writes (about Gates' presentation at CES):
Microsoft’s vision does look quite tasty. Tasty enough, that this time it might actually happen.
Frankly I don't relish a future dictated by Microsoft - a company that is singularly unable to produce anything really functional, tasteful, or pleasant to use. Apple isn't perfect but Microsoft's products are terrible. Just look at Vista, here's what Information Weeks John C. Welch had to say:
Microsoft still can't manage to make something simple and easy to use. Vista reeks of committee and design by massive consensus, while OS X shines from an intense focus on doing things in a simple, clear fashion and design for the user, not the programmer.
and this is a product they've been working on for SIX YEARS. Think about it, if Microsoft didn't have the monopoly muscle to force Vista on system builders (and ability to end-of-line Windows XP) do you really think Vista would be a going concern?