TechWeb’s Gregg Keizer has compiled a nice list of what Microsoft has chopped out of Windows Longhorn/Vista, and when:

• SecurID Support, May 2006
• PC-to-PC Sync, June 2006
• XPS Support [Sort of], June 2006
• WinFS, August 2004
• Monad, August 2005
• UEFI Support, March 2006
• Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (“Palladium”), May 2004

Descriptions of the above amputations are in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Windows Vista* – Takes the question, “Just what the !%$# are you waiting for?” to a whole new level.

*aka: Albatross, LongWait, PigLipstick, Win XP SP3, TrainWreck, LastHurrah, PromisesPromises, WinMe2 (please feel free to add your own below).

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