I've never had any problems with Vista but I understand it works poorly on a Sony Vaio (or Vaio screws up Vista, however you look at it).
People talking about superior Apple design are missing the point: PCs have all kinds of looks depending on who puts them together, but the basic design is a case that allows a number of different components to be installed. Macs are a preselected package (except for some of the higher end machines). I've built PCs with windows in the sides and lights and bells and whistles. The one I have now is a sleek black box, The case design is optimized for airflow and cooling.
Apple OS X, Vista, Win 7, Ubuntu, whatever turns your crank is the one to use. (I do like some of the features of Snow Leopard, but the first OS X was a dog of a system.)

The perfect answer is for the woman to sue McDonald's for the amount of her fine. The State gets its slice (enough to pay for a court case?*), the customer gets her recompense, and Mickey D takes it in the ear one more.
*(If the fine won't be large enough to pay for the court case then charging this woman is the equivalent of phoning 911 over petty larceny.)

I thought the reason Catcher in the Rye was banned was because it used the F word. (Did it matter that Holden Caulfield hated the word?)
And I thought Grapes of Wrath was banned because of the scene where Rose(of Sharon) gives her breast to a starving man. (Subversive as hell to a society that says people are poor because they deserve it and that also elevates motherhood.)
Where is my favorite banned book, Huckleberry Finn? Now it's banned because Twain used the N word, but in my childhood, it was banned for violence (like when Huck's friend is murdered) and slighting references to concepts of Southern gallantry. And, foremost, because it questioned the way Proper Folks live: I'm going to do the right thing, says Huck, even if it means I'm going to Hell! That's a tough statement, coming from someone who really believes in Hell.

Kennebunkport, my ass. Repatriate that Canadian lobster!

It's a crimping iron to put waves in hair.

It looks like the skin is puffed away from the flesh so that it will crisp nicely while the meat stays moist (cf: Peking Duck). Yum! Unless they're already cooked and then they look disgusting.