"despite all the 'Vista sucks!' being thrown around, it didn't slow down adoption at all"
Where can I go into a shop and buy a PC with the previous incarnation of Windows? And if Vista is such a success why is MS moving to Windows 7 already?
I ordered in some HP's a couple of months ago for work that still had XP on them. They're not that hard to find if you're ordering online.
And for the "if vista was such a success why is ms moving on" question --
until XP, MS stuck with a 3 year release schedule for major versions of windows... 95, 98, ME (2000) XP (2001) -- Now There's a case where the previous version went over like a lead zeppelin and they rushed to get the next version out.
Looking at Windows' history will show that Vista was the outlier in terms of production time. The move from Vista's launch (late 2006/early 2007) to Windows 7's estimated launch (oct 2009?) puts it back on schedule.
XP came out almost 8 years ago. It's beyond time to move on, and hopefully, this time, MS has fashioned a product that will work well for the masses. I like what I've seen so far.
ugh... i'm an idiot... perhaps I should read TFA before posting like a dumbass... oh well... live and learn
I would plug my favorite, but Verizon cripples everything remotely decent about my phone and I'm not going to pay through the nose to make my phone do something non-phone-like.
For national plans, there aren't but about 5 that I can think of... Verizon, Sprint, Cingular (ATT), Alltel & T-Mobile.... so wouldn't that mean they all can claim "top 5" status by default?? Telecom consolidation FTW.
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"despite all the 'Vista sucks!' being thrown around, it didn't slow down adoption at all" Where can I go into a shop and buy a PC with the previous incarnation of Windows? And if Vista is such a success why is MS moving to Windows 7 already?
I ordered in some HP's a couple of months ago for work that still had XP on them. They're not that hard to find if you're ordering online. And for the "if vista was such a success why is ms moving on" question -- until XP, MS stuck with a 3 year release schedule for major versions of windows... 95, 98, ME (2000) XP (2001) -- Now There's a case where the previous version went over like a lead zeppelin and they rushed to get the next version out. Looking at Windows' history will show that Vista was the outlier in terms of production time. The move from Vista's launch (late 2006/early 2007) to Windows 7's estimated launch (oct 2009?) puts it back on schedule. XP came out almost 8 years ago. It's beyond time to move on, and hopefully, this time, MS has fashioned a product that will work well for the masses. I like what I've seen so far.
ugh... i'm an idiot... perhaps I should read TFA before posting like a dumbass... oh well... live and learn I would plug my favorite, but Verizon cripples everything remotely decent about my phone and I'm not going to pay through the nose to make my phone do something non-phone-like.
For national plans, there aren't but about 5 that I can think of... Verizon, Sprint, Cingular (ATT), Alltel & T-Mobile .... so wouldn't that mean they all can claim "top 5" status by default?? Telecom consolidation FTW.