Bruce, I agree. At this point, unless you have someone set it up and configure it for the average user, there is no way you can get them to try it.
Bob, I agree entirely. I believe it will be a long time before we see anything really give MS a run for their money in the OS side of things.
Heck, for the longest time I hated XP and told myself I would never upgrade from Windows 2000. After having to use it at work I found it growing on me. Now I am running the pro version of XP at home.
Each OS has its strong points and weaknesses and I use them for those purposes.