One can find many references out in the “blog world”, that indicate the rise of Windows 7.
Should that mean for Vista to exit the market earlier than anticipated?
Windows 7 is looking better and better as it gets closer to release. Many analysts state the obvious and tell businesses to move away from Vista and to directly go to Windows 7.
Remember Windows Me, which came on-line about a decade ago? Windows Vista appears to have similarities and turned out a “not so great” product, too. It was filled with problems and launched before it was ready. By the time Microsoft smoothed out most of the problems, Vista had already gotten a lasting reputation for being frustrating at times as well as slow.
A few businesses may want the option of buying Vista if they've invested in conversion and training, but most are still on XP for the majority of their users. Stopping the distribution of Vista just makes sense if Windows 7 really turns out to be as great a success as it seems to be heading for.
Said that, despite all the improvements made in Windows 7, it still requires additional expenditures for things like mal-ware protection.
Let’s see where this journey takes us.
I think that I will go straight for Windows 7, being still a strong proponent of XP – how about you?
Thank you.
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I just got a copy of VISTA on a new computer a few weeks ago. It's ok. I think it got a bad rap early on. It is a bit annoying though, with all of the safety checks in it.
Posted by: Brian Benton | May 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Both!
Work, moving to Vista for 64 bit rather than anything Vista'ery. Win7 will happen I guess when/if the business demands it
Home: Skipping Vista as hardware doesn't justify upgrading from XP. Need a new PC but not in a huge rush to upgrade so will hang off till Win7 machines are on sale.
Posted by: RobiNZ | May 19, 2009 at 06:55 PM
I've been running Win7 beta and now RC in 64bit format and I do really enjoy it. It has run AutoCAD Civil 3d very well.
Posted by: Matt Anderson | May 20, 2009 at 01:05 AM
When will AutoCad run on Linux and OSX? I've sort of lost faith in Microsoft lately.
Could Autodesk officially support a port to Wine even if it was just for some of their programs or would Microsoft wreak terrible vengeance on you for such apostasy?
Posted by: Joe Raftery | June 03, 2009 at 11:53 AM
How things change in a few weeks. The July RTM for 7 means looks like skipping Vista is more likely than not!
Posted by: RobiNZ | June 09, 2009 at 12:24 AM