Without wanting to get into VIsta vs. XP debate, the following prove that MS is in a rush to get a new OS out in 2010. Whether has Vista become a "victim of XP success" or because all the groundbraking features of the Longhorn fell out during development is anybody's guess. The most painful surely being WinFS, which would bring revolution to the ease of programming as well as stability of applications.
Now, Windows XP hadn't got a succesor for 6 years and Vista is getting it after 3 years. Vista got its first price cut after only a year while XP (atleast where I live) got their first only after 3 years. The price cut for Vista was introduced to increase the percentage of Vista actually sold, because right now large majority of it is "sold" with new computers.
Windows 7 must therefore come soon and bring the computing to a whole new level, otherwise a lot of people won't know why upgrade. "Smart" moves like limiting DX10 to Vista aren't gonna help. Claims that it's not possible while a group of hack wannabes does it, doesn't improve either. I think MS should devote some more time to the way people use their computers (Word 2007 seems as a likely step in the right direction). | | Coccodrillo | | Date: 2008-03-15, 05:08 GMT |
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