I was right about Vista

Looking through some old work, I found this post - an article I wrote in 2005 for the Irish Times on Windows Vista, and why it was doomed to fail. I identified three key problems:

• Lack of effective (at the time) competition from Mac and Linux meant that Microsoft wasn't being pushed very hard to improve the system.
• Windows XP was "good enough" for almost everyone. 
• The real action was happening away from the desktop, with the mobile phone taking centre stage. 

  Not a bad prediction, when you think about it.  

Comments

[Phone Bell]

"Windows XP was "good enough" for almost everyone."
I totally agree with this! Just a few feature modifications and windows xp is almost killer.

[wedding favors]

Will, one thing is certain, VISTA failed so born Windows 7.

[Ian Betteridge]

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[kartenlegen]

Don't really like Vista... windows 7 is a lot better! :D