The Linux fanboyz have been saying that they're going to take over the world and that Linux is a viable alternative for everyday use for everyone for a decade at least.
They've been proven false for all that time, and I'm not going to start believing them.

Same as today's Gartner "report" that states that Windows is dead because noone needs an operating system anymore now that almost everything runs on ""the internet".
Clearly written by someone with a political agenda who hasn't got a clue about how computers work.
I read the same kind of reports a decade ago, stating that Windows would "die" within "a few years" because it had got so "bloated" and that Linux would replace it, a younger and leaner operating system (never mind that a standard Linux install comes with tons of crap you don't need, like 500 text editors, 100 window managers, 10 office suits, 5 web browsers, etc. etc., but no decent user interface and configuration system that can be used by your grandmother who doesn't know technical terms.

The closest thing I saw to a hologram was 3-d design monitor that actually moved towards and away from the viewer. The monitor itself did the math to determine where the screen should be. It was incredibly accurate in its giving the 3-d 'look and feel' but mechanically did not generally survive the warranty period.

Just waiting till Google comes out with their neat no nonsense (NNN) OS.

Named HAL...

True, at least at first. I tried that stuff on my laptop about a year, year and a half ago. It got really annoying, so I disabled almost all of the options. Looking back, I ended up quite similar to what Vista has, with some relatively minor differences.

The possibilities I see with Linux are still short of it becoming common in the home. It's making good progress, but it's still a little ways from me presenting it to my parents as an alternative that I don't have to go visit them every couple days to show them how to do something or to undo something they've done.

Ah, at last I'll be able to take an axe to Google

I have compiz fusion installed but I rarely use it. But yeah, its good to make windows using friends jealous by showing off your screenshots
http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn86/abk123_photo/

all looks rather useless to me, except maybe partially rotating windows out of the way when you don't actively need them but would like to monitor them.

I am 18. I despise fluffy GUIs. On windows i use the standard windows 95 type theme, and on linux i have no effects. i like either no gui, a plain X session, or a gnome desktop with a suitable theme (i do admit ubuntus human theme is nice)

lol you're different. Which planet?