Is Microsoft dropping the ball on operating systems?

I’ve been playing with Windows 7 RC for two days now, and quite frankly, not much different from Vista. Looks a tad bit different from it, and a little less annoying with UAC messages, other than that it’s the same garbage. I mean c’mon, the common aversion against Vista and the market gain by Apple should have sent a clear message. Have they forgotten how to listen?

I personally believe that OSX is the future. Thoughts?