Vista is a slow motion train wreck, I don’t see how they have much choice.
Note that I included the subject under Humor. Appears XP will be extended until MS comes out with another OS replacing Vista.
PC Mag today had an article that showed Vista vs XP vs Windows 7 (not out yet). Guess what XP was nearly as fast as Vista. In one test it beat Vista in start up speed. Nearly tied it in another. So they made a new OS and it was barely better than XP. What did they expect?
Don't get me wrong. XP is easy to use, stable, and works great for most users... still. Unashamedly I like XP for those reasons and more.
Yes, some make jokes on how unstable it is, but usually that is because of all the junk ware they have on their systems. That is NOT MS’s problem. Usually user errors.
Now the oddest thing is for all the folks out there who love Apple, if MS was so bad could they be selling Vista at a very good clip and have a 10 year old OS so good it is STILL selling at an exceptionally good clip? With the new one selling well? No. Everyone would buy Apples or using Linux or something else.
Personally I hate Vista, and have taken it off my laptop to put XP on it. But that is me and many I know really like Vista and would never go back to XP.
But let's face it, if MS did the same things Apple has done with restrictive hardware and proprietary software and the licensing requirements for new software the MSM would have (and did have) a fit over it's practices. In fact those “users” and “activacy” groups took them to court several times for the same practices Apple still uses... and blatantly.
MS is still the nearly prefect example of capitalism that exists. They created a market, then developed and perfected their product until they dominated it. If someone else comes along with a better, more stable, and easier to use product... they will take over the market.
But no one has. That is capitalism in practice.