How Would You Change Windows Vista?
What do you get when you take a product used by hundreds of millions of people every day, add a few new features / polish up the interface, and then try to get everyone to shell out a grip of money for this delay and bug- plagued upgrade?
No, we’re not talking about New Coke, although Microsoft probably could have learned a lesson from that failed experiment when it went about developing what would end up being Windows Vista, namely that consumers demand more than some glitz and fancy new packaging if they’re to abandon an old, reliable friend. And besides that impressive Aero GUI which many PCs can’t take advantage of anyway what is Vista really offering us that XP didn’t?
A crash-prone new media player? Exclusive “ultimate extras” that have so far amounted to a lame shareware game? A thousand chances a day to feel important when bequeathing “Administrator privileges” on all those demanding processes?
To learn more please read the entire article at its source: How would you change Windows Vista? – Engadget
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