Re: Vista reference in Newsweek's article

fwiw, MS is not racing to get the next version of Windows out. MS announced years ago that new versions of Windows would be released in a three year cycle. We are at the mid-point of the three years following the release of the last version and no doubt we will see Windows 7 beta 1 before many more months.

"executioner" <FrankNeedsAPsychologist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7a28f3ed-f04e-4365-8f17-5333f119c498@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jun 22, 5:13 pm, w...@xxxxxxxxx (the wharf rat) wrote:
In article <OkfuwTJ1IHA.3...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Carey Frisch [MVP] <cnfri...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



>Windows Vista, especially with SP1, is an
>excellent operating system with nice performance.

Well, as long as you don't need to copy files.

>Microsoft has sold over 150 million editions
>of Windows Vista to very satisfied customers.

Yes. Customers like Dell and Toshiba.

You can make numbers show whatever you want. If the 150 million number
is correct, and it is also correct most copies of Vista come
PREINSTALLED (that is true) so buyers have little choice consider the
following. According to the World Bank in 2002 there were roughly 1
billion personal computers. Since that was several years ago lets
update that number to say now there are probably something like 1.2
billion. If Apple has roughly 6% of the market and Linux and others
have another 2% combined then throw in how many are not used just
sitting idle for one reason or another we end up with roughly
800,000,000 personal computers running one version or another of
Windows. If Microsoft's figures are accurate that means 650,000,000
people HAVE NOT upgraded to Vista. That by any measure is a total
flop. Surprise, that number is close the Microsoft's own 84% have NOT
upgraded. Anyone still wondering WHY Microsoft is racing to get the
next version of Windows out?

http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/number_of_personal_computers

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