Microsoft is still struggling trying to get big businesses to start using Windows Vista operating system. According to a survey by Forrester Research, Inc. about 87% of companies with 50,000 or more employees are still using Windows XP. But the wording of the report takes on a nasty tone when it compares Vista to the […]
Over at C/Net they have an interesting article about a new plan that Microsoft is trying to revive the image of Vista. Seems that Microsoft went to San Francisco and located anti-Vista folks and gathered them up for an experiment of sorts. According to the article the participants were introduced to a new operating system […]
Sandisk has made a stunning announcement that Microsoft’s flagship operating system is not currently optimized for SSD [Solid State Drives], which are currently being used in Apple’s Air computer and also on some models from Toshiba. In an article from C/Net the CEO of Sandisk has stated:
Speaking during SanDisk’s second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and […]
Microsoft has another strategy to convince the public that Vista is now fixed and they want you to ‘look how far we’ve come’ campaign. Microsoft is going to try and convince the masses that Vista is great and better than the reputation that continues to haunt the operating system. Which may take some doing. On […]
I received an advertisement from Wal-Mart in the mail this morning, which featured a Toshiba laptop for $399. I have always thought that Toshiba made a fine laptop product and have recommended the Toshiba models to clients for years. What surprised me about this model is that it also featured a 15.4″ true bright screen.
The […]
As many of you know, I also write computer articles for a newspaper in California. This morning I received this message from a reader in response to an article I had done about upgrading to Windows Vista. After reading the email, I thought this would be something I could share with my readers here at […]
I’ve been using Microsoft Windows before it was even a Window :-). But I can’t recall any operating system that has received such a negative reception as Vista has gotten. Yes. There have been problems when other operating systems were first introduced. Yes. We struggled with patches and fixes before getting things right. But I […]
The latest operating system stats from Market Shares shows that Windows XP is still king, with Vista a distant second.
Operating System Market Share
June, 2008
Operating System
Total Market Share
Windows XP
71.20%
Windows Vista
16.14%
MacIntel
5.25%
Mac OS
2.69%
Windows 2000
2.11%
Linux
0.80%
Windows NT
0.69%
Windows 98
0.43%
Windows ME
0.25%
iPhone
0.16%
Windows CE
0.06%
Pike
0.04%
iPod
0.04%
Hiptop
0.03%
PSP
0.02%
PLAYSTATION 3
0.02%
Unknown
0.02%
Series60
0.02%
SunOS
0.01%
Nintendo Wii
0.01%
Web TV
0.01%
Windows 95
0.01%
Sun Solaris
0.00%
NEC e616/1.0
0.00%
Source.
Which makes one wonder. How long will it be before […]
This week my wife and I are visiting family in Texas and last night my son-in-law asked a simple question. If you buy a Vista computer today will it run Windows 7 ? Hmm….. Interesting question and my answer was that it should. But than I gave it some thought this morning and my answer […]
Over at Gizmodo they have what I believe is one of the best articles I have read about why Vista isn’t that bad. What I enjoyed about the article was the way it was written and the choice of wording. Some positive points were almost apologetic in the writers view. There were also 5 things […]
