Time names Vista in top ten pants product
TIME MAGAZINE, which is more famous for its man or woman of the year competition, has named Vista as one of its top ten pants IT products of all time.
The US weekly says that Vista was created to improve the security of the most widely used PC operating system in the world.
However its security features were not much better than Windows XP and it was not compatible with older PCs, which limited the number of users who were likely to upgrade, Time said.
Vista appeared to run slower than XP and the operating system has never managed to get more than 24 per cent of the market.
Time observed that even the more positive reviewers said that the OS was nice to have but unnecessary. The net result was that Vista hurt the Vole's bottom line as its top customers stayed with XP in droves. µ
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The new Windows name make it very easy to guess the possition that it will fit in this top-ten list.
Time's editorial reads remarkably like 'the truth'.
Here's a question for you?...
...for how long will Microsoft COMPLETELY IGNORE THE OTHER 76% of us who POSITIVELY HATE THE NEW INTERFACE and just want 'the new engine but with an XP skin' ?
Not sure if this is good enough for you, but it is entirely possible to make Windows 7 look like Windows 98.
However, you will lose the WINDOWS+ARROW_KEY shortcuts that resize windows. If that is an acceptable loss (and if you have never used Windows 7, it isn't really a loss at all), then interface should not be an issue for you.
I'm not entirely sure why Microsoft chooses not to advertise this option, as it might entice the holdouts to switch.
I'm more than happy with XP64 Pro, works very well for me, and has done for some time.
I never went for Vista purely because of the DRM issue. I dont like it on principal. The interesting thing is how quiet Microsoft are keeping in regard to this and Windows 7.
From the information i have so far it appears its infested with DRM far worse than Vista ever was. If that proves to be true then i'll be staying with XP64 pro, and when they stop supporting that, then maybe i'll have to seriously look at Linux as an alternative for everyday use.
I don't think any Microsoft product, except perhaps the Zune, has received so much venom. One the surface it's hard to see why, I've run two Vista boxes for a year now and haven't had a single blue screen or crash. I've had more problems with 64 bit compatibility than Vista itself.
However, compared to XP or even 2000 and it's easy to see why. The DRM bothers me mainly for the activation, and the UAC is a constant pain, not to mention how little things like the control panel and the user account folders have been changed around.
Vista offers nothing over XP and in return is more demanding on hardware, the user, and just plain awkward.
Yes, it's easy to see why people are swarming away from the bright idea of a huge sidebar and clock.
I'm assuming that that includes all the people who were forced to buy a Vista licence then upgrade to XP.
Serious people? Stop hating on vista because you are to lazy to learn a new user interface, i currently am running, vista, window 7, and ubuntu 9.04 on this rig with no complaints about any of the systems, UAC can be turned off, any modern system can handle it fine, and will do great with window 7. So if you dont like change you probally should stop using your computers or living for that fact because its a fact of life that things change. GET OVER IT AND LEARN THE NEW SYSTEM
Following the Time criticisms, which are valid IMHO, have MS realised the need for backwards compatibility for hardware as well as software in Win7?
Its not just about coddling customers, its about the bottom line for MS and hi-tech retail in general, you wont sell a new item if you force people into unwanted hardware or software upgrades.
Forcing upgrades is pure arrogance and reaps its reward of low sales. Upgrade impetus does not have the power to overcome this QED. Therefore backwards compatibility IS worth the candle.
Well it's exactly how Times and Pc Magazine put it: TO MANY REQUIREMENTS, TOO LITTLE TO OFFER.
Ever since Windows 3.11, most new versions of Windows were bringing new features the previous ones lacked. Useful features. These new things kind of made up for the new requirements in hardware and the need to download new drivers and software.
Windows 95 brought an all-new user interface and awesome utilities you normally had to pay for in Windows 3.1 (yes, the utilities of Windows were actually useful back in 1995). Windows 98SE brought support for USB and for some other devices that weren't working in Windows 95, while windows 2000 brought the stability that 98SE most definitely lacked. Finally, Windows XP brought even more new features plus a theming engine.
Vista? Well, this Turkey brought a Media Center and a Movie Maker that don't support dvix files and bluray, some DRM and UAC pain in the back, and a much hyped new 3D *theme* (not engine) you could have in XP too as a third party add-on.
So, since Windows XP has grown stable and "good enough" eventually, people will NOT pay real money in order to swap it with something that offers nothing in exchange, nothing that can't be installed for free as a third party add-on in what they already own (Windows XP).
This has also happened in ME and 98, with the difference they didn't cost 5 years of development time and a gazillion of dollars to make. Lol
Learning it was easy; using it productively and efficiently was a painful, pitiful chore.
Maybe your mommy will change your diaper and allow you to GROW UP AUSTIN !
All right I'll say it: I'm out of the loop, uncool, king dweeb, whatever, but: What is a 'pants' product?