Microsoft: Vista Will Live on Until at Least 2011

[Belardo]

As I've said elsewhere (I think here) that by the time that WinXP expires in 2014, there would be more people still using XP than Vista.

- Most XP users will go to Win7
- Most Vista users will upgrade to Win7
- The remaining Corp/business sector that wasn't impressed with Vista will go to 7.
- Netbooks can actually work with Win7.

Vista SP2 or SP3 will never turn into "win7". There is NO advantage for MS to do so... just like they didn't give WinXP users DX10. They want the users to BUY another whole OS. It makes more sense for them to put their resouces of talent (what good talant MS has), money, marketing, etc into Windows7.

When OCT-23-2009 comes, count on ALL consumers PCs will be Win7. Vista will never reach the market levels of XP in the business sector. Theres going to be very few end-users demanding for Vista. I'll bet money on it.

 

[apache_lives]

haha every generation people bitch - windows 3.11 to 95 people hated it, then 95 to 98, 98 to 2000/xp people also hated it because it was "heavy" and "buggy" (sound familiar?), now we see xp to vista with the same "heavy" and "buggy" remarks idiots make, and windows 7 will also cop it soon enough - ITS BASED ON VISTA.

Its so funny - it never gets old, how stupid some people are, living under a rock.

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]mitch074[/nom]I can hardly understand people that say 'Vista is great' etc. No later than yesterday I had to scrap a whole hard disk drive because the copy of Vista installed had decided that it didn't want to open a session outside of Safe Mode, that it didn't like a plain dumb USB wireless mouse, or that the perfectly working Wi-fi connection that all other (non-Vista) computers in the area used couldn't be detected - along with the dozen other wi-fi hotspots around the place.So, I scrapped a Vista install yesterday because it wouldn't boot - after a fresh reinstall and update. Next week I'll scrap another one because it can't handle mini-PCIe wi-fi and USB mouse at the same time.In their place, I installed/will install Ubuntu Linux, whose only 'problem' was that it didn't want to display the status of the wireless connection if the wi-fi card was switched off.I really hope Seven will be able to use USB cordless mice and Wi-fi. And boot.[/citation]

Its more probable that you are an amateur with computers then it is Vista's fault for your issues - your like every other noob ever so quick to blame vista for your short falls

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]ispyamoose[/nom]The least Microsoft could do would be to attempt repairs on Vista, in the form of good service packs.[/citation]

Microsoft cant pull out a wand and wave it at your Pentium 4 and turn it into a decent computer LOL

 

[DeadCheckR]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]You know, last time I checked my Vista installation there was no integrated XP virtualistion.[/citation]

You can right click on the app and have it run in XP SP2 mode.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]DeadCheckR[/nom]You can right click on the app and have it run in XP SP2 mode.[/citation]
That's a compatibility mode. They aren't the same. If they were you wouldn't be able to run games in XP compatibility mode because of virtualisation not allowing proper drivers.

 

[ispyamoose]

[citation][nom]apache_lives[/nom]Microsoft cant pull out a wand and wave it at your Pentium 4 and turn it into a decent computer LOL[/citation]

Uhh, last time I checked I have a 2.5 Ghz Core 2 Duo.

 

[millerm84]

Every generation of windows does have its "heavy" and "buggy" comments apache_lives, but Vista will hold a special place in the hearts of MS and it's captive following right along with Windows ME. Vista, much like ME, was highly touted as the next best thing and will end up a disgraceful stepchild to Windows 7, just like ME was to XP.

And yes putting Vista on anything with less then 2GBs of RAM and a dual core CPU is moronic, but MS created the label "Vista Compatible" that told consumers that a P4 with 512MB of RAM would do the trick. Its not the fault of Joe consumer that MS told them that Vista would run on outdated equipment. MS needs to learn from this kind of mistake and make sure that no PC is sold with a "Compatible" label without exceeding the minimum specs so they don't prematurely bury another OS.

 

[TwoDigital]

Microsoft can 'support' Vista as long as they want... but once 7 is commercially available, I envision that anyone upgrading from XP would migrate directly to 7 and most of the Vista users would upgrade at the same time. How long did Microsoft promise to support Windows ME and how many people were still using it within a year after its release without moving to 2000 or XP?