I've been using Windows Vista for over a year-and-a-half, and while I have a pretty good feel for this Microsoft operating system, I still don't consider myself an expert on Vista. Although I use the OS every day, and I learn a few new tricks every time I boot up, I still realize that there are nuances about this that will probably never be fully understood, well, before Windows 7 shows up anyhow. It's the same feeling I have about computers, and my level of expertise when it comes to computer repair. Now, I am fairly knowledgeable when it comes to computers, having been dabbling with their electronic innards for almost 30 years (yes, that long), but in no way would I ever consider myself a computer repair expert. There is still way too much to learn about new hardware, new GPUs, and even existing operating systems for me to claim any such title.

Sure, to my friends and family I am a guru, but to my elite computer friends, I barely qualify as a newbie, although I can claim more Vista knowledge than most of them since they rarely use the OS. :)

What I can say for sure, is that you can choose to learn to do a lot of things well, or you can choose to do something really well--as in an expertise. I would name myself a Jack-of-all-trades, except I am more a Jack-of-a-bunch-of-trades-but-really-not-that-many. I can tinker with seized-up hard-drives to try and recover information, but I also hit a slap shot in hockey (on ice skates), which is something I doubt even the most esteemed of my computer colleagues can declare.

When it comes to Windows Vista, I am hardly an expert, and even if I were, I'd have to keep writing exams to prove it (or to teach it). Instead, I am content to function and operate within my "limited" expertise, and be able to co-exist with both the computer nerds and the computer "newbs" at the same time, regardless of which operating system they use, or what they know about hockey.