In conversations about computers or computer related, I will ask which browser they're using. Most of the time they don't know there are other browsers than IE. Some don't even know what a browser is, even though they use a computer. I don't criticize these people as they don't know better.
It is strange that people in this forum would like or use IE (other than for it is required). I wont discuss why not to use IE. However, M$ most likely wouldn't have progressed IE as it did with IE7 if it wasn't for the market share that Firefox & Opera took from IE. Bill Gates admited he had FF on his personal computer for testing purposes.
From my experience, non-M$ software works better than M$ software on Windows systems. It is best to use non-M$ software on Windows as it will "force" M$ to improve. Opera & FF is much better than IE anyway! It doesn't make sense for forum users to "like" IE.
I tried K-Meleon, it was really fast, but like FF it used lots of RAM & CPU cycles. Opera still rules!