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Originally Posted by Hakan
One of the only reasons I saw to upgrading to Vista, WinFS, was canned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS
I've used Vista, it's basically bloated XP with a bunch of crap I don't need. What else is new with MS.
As usual, I'll wait until one or two significant revisions of the OS has been completed before I install it. XP works just great for me. |
Vista is good if you are buying a new PC designed for it. Upgrading an existing PC from XP to Vista is usually a bad decision. Vista is a better OS, but it requires more horses to power it.
That all said, I get the feeling Vista was primarily a test bed for Microsoft in that it lays the groundwork for the next version. Vista really needs to get some good tools installed into it. SSH, a decent shell (Power Shell comes close), easier application installation (the registry needs to be ditched). Then it would probably be the best OS on the market. For now, OS X meets all my needs better and for cheaper.
There is a sense going around the industry that the open-source products are starting to become mature enough to challenge the desktop. People are beginning to "seriously" predict that within 5 years most home users will be running an open-source OS with open-source office products. The corporate world would not be far behind. This kinda puts the Microsoft+Yahoo event into perspective. MS may be forecasting the same thing and is taking steps to branch away from a strict software sales model and more into web based products. Could be interesting to watch