Is Windows Vista going to be the end of Microsoft?

Question

All the bad publicity that Windows Vista, who else hopes this finally kills Microsoft?

For the responder who said that die hard Windows 98 holdouts said the same thing about XP, you skipped 2 whole operating systems. Win ME and Win 2000. Die hard Windows 2000 fans did not want to switch to XP as it was really stable. I think XP is the best Micro$oft has offered so far, but the gluttony that Windows Vista puts on your systems memory is not what an OS should do. You shouldn't have to keep upgrading your hardware just because Micro$oft decides to update an operating system.

Its time for other companies to offer reasonable operating systems and for Microsoft's monopoly to be split up into pieces.

Tofu, I like your response well thought out cogent answer.

Do you not see the MAC as a competitor however. With the stability that the MAC provides and in light of the recent popularity of the MAC vs. PC commercials, how do you think this will affect the consumer base for the home user.

Answer 1

It wont kill off MS, just think back of ME, but luckyly at the time, they had 2000 to fall back on.

Its self inficted, as MS refused to allow even anti-virus software vendors to create software by closing the system to outsiders, hoping their own one-care would do it, by doing so, they simply closed their own door shut.

One of the few major drawbacks of Vista for me is speed, hardware requirement, lack of hardware support, and most annoying bit is the interface, after using Windows for a decade, changing a well known and easy to use interface is like forcing all drivers on the road to now drive backward, sure, you still get from A to B, but at what cost ? most IT pros has to rethink/retrain their knowledge and experience, and strange that MS cant see that their first critics are tehse people, if they are pissed off with the OS, they will soon tell their customers, and like chinese whispers, something minor or annoying can turn into 'it doesnt work' , 'its terrible'. Imagine the end results.

Even if they managed to fix most of the problems (ie. dead slow file copying which yesterday it took me 15 mins to copy 250MB), they are still looking at speed and hardware requirement, most of our customers are happy with XP on 512MB, some sites has over 100+ workstations, and in no way they will upgrade to Vista to gain nothing but a large bill for hardware and software, not to mention of unforseen problems that may take their business down.

Microsoft is a huge company, Vista alone cant bring it down, they can always fall back to XP or by extending XP to OEM for another 2-3 years until the next version of Windows are ready. Plus they can sense that all their eggs are in one basket, hence the XBox.

Whatever it is, Vista is a poor product, for a company to spent 5 years and $5-6b to create something this bad is simply amazing.

Sadly theres no real competitions, Linux is mature as a core, but lack user support, too many companies are heading different directions, like everyone wants to reinvent the wheel themself, if there were one large company liek Dell, who can sell one version of Linux, and provide software development and support for its users, that will be the day MS will start running scare.

Answer 2

I used to hate microsoft. Funny, but it is Vista that finally brought me around. Everyone says it's awful for this and that reason. If they have a computer with decent power, it runs great. I've had no complaints.

If you look at the numbers, they are selling Vista fairly well.

For the people who advocate sticking with XP...that is fine for now... but I recall hardcore win 98 holdouts who said the same thing about XP.

As to ME and Win 2000, I remember that ME was regarded as awful, and that Win2000 would not play games right. XP was great and I had no problems with it, but I recall people complained that it required hardware upgrades and that it took too much hard drive space. I've heard the argument before, that an OS shouldn't require hardware to be upgraded. That's fine, but with computing the way it is, hardware will upgrade. I don't know if it is a bad thing to program your software to run on the hardware it is embracing, so to speak....I will always have powerful equipment as I am a gamer. Vista runs great for me. I noticed initial slowdowns when I first started using it, but then things got smoother and faster. Defragmentation of drives takes half that it took me for XP for the same size drives, file indexing in Vista means a search is usually done by the time I type in the last letter of a query, etc. It's pretty too.

Of course these are all features that are not in line with what a business environment may want. However, I do know you can do without the aero, make the user interface just like classic windows, etc.

There are options out there, even free ones...don't want to sound like an MS commercial, cause I don't particularly like the guys....I used to be a Mac user in my day...until I couldn't stay away from the FPS gaming. But it seems to me that the business world doesn't dicate computing trends anymore. It is the gaming world....predictions are that it will be a 13 billion dollar industry in itself in a few years. Hardware's cutting edge is determined by what gets you a smoother image when you're gunning down your enemies in an FPS. Direct X 10, better graphics, live anywhere interfacing with XBOX360 users....I don't see how all these features, dependent on Vista, will not succeed, when there are so many gamers, especially who will embrace the new, so to speak.

Answer 3

regrettably, i think of which you're incorrect approximately any significant migration to Linux. Microsoft has has exchange right into a defacto common no longer basically in terms of its working device yet additionally in terms of its workplace suite of utility. As such, it has inertia on its ingredient. by no ability understimate the skill of inertia: it is why we are nonetheless utilising QWERTY keyboard, that have been designed to *decelerate* typing to steer away from jamming of keys on mechanical typewriters. Linux continues to be too confusing to place in and make artwork for the common consumer, and there are maximum of diverse distros and graphical consumer interfaces that the common client will stick to what all of us else is utilising (MS) somewhat than change.

Answer 4

Not a chance in you know where...
I have not had one problem with it, not to mention...those that do have problems are either not taking the time to "learn" it and see the differences between it and xp. Anti MS ppl just make me laugh. I will argue until the day I die that Windows is much better than Mac, Linux and other rinky dink OS's combined...

Answer 5

I bought a new Dell laptop with Windows Vista and it runs slower than my old Atari 2600. I'm installing XP on it today.

Answer 6

Nah - sure Vista has some glitches and most ppl hate it, but if anything was going to be the end of Microsoft it woulda been ME.

Answer 7

I doubt so. Microsoft has several projects in its hands, like Windows Vienna and their new touch screen system named "Circus".

Answer 8

yes yes i agree.lol.
i got vista tho and its fine!!

erm do you know where i can download linux(the best one)
from, coz im having probs finding the download link!!!

and also can you answer my acronis question

Answer 9

no way hos'e they probably have something on the table right now .........