If you were to be asked what is that one thing you would want in the next release of Windows, what would your reply be? Well, I feel that any enterprise or home user would want one or all of these.
1) Better security from viruses, Trojan horses and million other badwares.
2) Better in terms of performance. Quicker response times, less resource hogs.
3) Better usability. More intuitive (not necessarily more colourful)
4) Stability. I don't want to update a "service pack" every week.
OK and now what is Microsoft planning to give its customers with Vista?
1) An OS which consumes as much hardware resources as you supply and still ask for more.
2) Fancy features like the "3D desktop" which is meant to be just eye candy.
3) Enhanced security features. But, You sill have to pay your antivirus vendor.
And why is MS doing this?
Well as I can see, MS has tied up with PC makers like Dell and HP and asked them to make "Windows Vista Capable" PCs. MS might have told its system architects "Implement whatever you feel like implementing. But let it consume lot of memory, require a dual core processor to run and refuse to run with even slightly old graphic cards(The ones manufactured 2 years ago)!!
This will automatically make even PCs that were bought 2 years back completely obsolete. Enterprise and home users invariably have to change their PCs to run the new fancy OS designed by MS. This results in a surge in PC sales and PC makers will make lot of money!
As a matter of fact major antivirus makers might also be paying royalties to MS for keeping enough security holes in the system!
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