From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:443050ba$1{at}w3....
> What in Vista is so crap that people will need to replace it?
>
> win3.x > 95 - PnP, 32 bitness etc.
> win9x > 2K - NT style solidness etc
> 2K > XP.....not much but the machine reqs aren't that much different
> XP > Vista.....????? Major machine upgrades & what in XP is so crap? IS
> 64 bit a big enough need on most desktops? Is translucent windows?
>
> The OS is becoming/has become a commodity. Office apps are
> becoming/have become a commodity. How now MS?

Oh boy, you give people way, way too much credit - never underestimate the
level of stupidity of the buying masses: "Wow man, transparent icons
that zoom when you hover over them, I have got to have one of those! What,
I need to replace my machine as well? Sure, no problem, that's just sooo
cool...".

My prediction is that Vista will sell even better than previous Windows
versions, and people will simply buy new computers if their old ones won't
cut it. I mean, people buy Macs for goodness sake, why wouldn't they buy a
PC that looks almost as stupid! 


Antti Kurenniemi

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