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Windows XP's take-over on the PC world was the fastest windows-take-over ever.
Vista's take-over, however, wouldnt be as easy and fast as XP's - it will take more time for people to give up on XP, not to mention that 16% of the Windows users still use 98/98SE.
(Although that could mean that the people who use Win9x would transfer to Vista faster than XP users, since Win9x REALLY sucks).
Vista's take-over, however, wouldnt be as easy and fast as XP's - it will take more time for people to give up on XP, not to mention that 16% of the Windows users still use 98/98SE.
(Although that could mean that the people who use Win9x would transfer to Vista faster than XP users, since Win9x REALLY sucks).
Thats completely inaccurate.pilau wrote:Windows XP's take-over on the PC world was the fastest windows-take-over ever.
The fastest was win2k, pushed on by the year 2000 funding thrown around in virtually every company to ensure they were year2k compliant. They took that budget, and spent part of it to migrate since they had put it off for years.
The second fastest was windows 95, which rapid-fire replaced 3.11 around the world with a MUCH simplified memory and GUI model (in comparison to 3.11).
XP has been *extremely* slow. Just two months ago there was an article talking about how slow it has rolled out. Windows 2000 still has a larger installed base!
You got it right the second time. They aren't counting on picking up many of the XP users. They are counting on getting all the Win95/98/ME/2000 users that have held out until now.pilau wrote:Vista's take-over, however, wouldnt be as easy and fast as XP's - it will take more time for people to give up on XP, not to mention that 16% of the Windows users still use 98/98SE.
(Although that could mean that the people who use Win9x would transfer to Vista faster than XP users, since Win9x REALLY sucks).
By ending general (but not corporate) support for all four before the launch of Vista, they ensure that people will be absolutely desperate to migrate to it. If they can also migrate some XP users (gamers, first-adopters, etc), even better.
The net result is that you will need to upgrade to keep doing what you've been doing, ensuring that Microsoft will be raking in the money.
Of course, the interesting question is what the NEXT version will have in store..
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That's why I am not complaining about the new requirements.
I got a top of the line system for less than a grand and when Vista hits the store shelves, those types of machines will be in demand and the prices will take an even bigger drop than normal so I can buy a couple more of these babies for cheaper than I normally would.
Gamers and server owners rejoice!
I got a top of the line system for less than a grand and when Vista hits the store shelves, those types of machines will be in demand and the prices will take an even bigger drop than normal so I can buy a couple more of these babies for cheaper than I normally would.
Gamers and server owners rejoice!
very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the core changes Windows as well as Microsoft have been going through so far:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1127 ... s_page_one
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1127 ... s_page_one
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