Windows Vista
So the latest Windows operating system was released last Tuesday, along with Office 2007. I must say that the new Aero interface is rather nice, but I am otherwise unimpressed. If Windows XP Professional were to have the Aero interface added, along with IE7, Office 2007 and Windows Defender (which I'm sure most of you already have already) I don't think there would be much of a difference.
What bothers me is the amount of time and resources that Microsoft spent on developing this "Nextgen" OS and the obvious lack of anything tangible being produced. This has been a trend with MS for the past decade. While it is true that XP was much improved over previous versions, it still took quite a long time for them to get it secure and even now, it's not as secure as it could be.
One thing I noticed on Tuesday was that Vista was not flying off the shelves. As a matter of fact, I didn't see very many copies sold at all, even a week later. I hope people are being smart and at least waiting until the eventual first service pack appears before installing it.
What bothers me is the amount of time and resources that Microsoft spent on developing this "Nextgen" OS and the obvious lack of anything tangible being produced. This has been a trend with MS for the past decade. While it is true that XP was much improved over previous versions, it still took quite a long time for them to get it secure and even now, it's not as secure as it could be.
One thing I noticed on Tuesday was that Vista was not flying off the shelves. As a matter of fact, I didn't see very many copies sold at all, even a week later. I hope people are being smart and at least waiting until the eventual first service pack appears before installing it.
Labels: Technology, Trends
posted by fsskd at Monday, February 12, 2007
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