Shy and retiring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer seems to be having trouble finding something nice to say about Windows 7′s launch.
Analysts seem to think Windows 7 has done quite well, but the man who knows all the figures seems to be keeping uncharacteristically quiet.
When hacks at ComputerWorld asked Ballmer how Windows 7 was doing, he said “er… its fantastic… er, in Japan.”
“It is helping to spur PC sales… um… in Japan. We’ve had a great response… in Japan. The first ten days were bigger than the first ten days of XP or Vista or any other Windows launch that we have done… in Japan.”
True he was talking to a Japanese news conference, but it is rare that the great man is that specific. If it was really doing well in Japan and everywhere else we would expect him to start waving his arms, flinging chairs and shouting, “I rule the world, baby!”
To much software is not user friendly in some ways. I want to control my files and they don’t want to let me.
My software isn’t going to run faster if I upgrade to a new OS. I don’t have many issues with Vista, XP, or Ubuntu.
I don’t have many issues with 7 but since I’m pretty much going to get nothing that matters to me for the cost I wouldn’t pay much for an upgrade.
On the other hand if I needed a new computer I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one with 7 on it.
If you disagree, do what you want.
Maybe his doctors finally adjusted his medication…
My first PC was a 2nd hand model, I got from a relative. It came with both Win98 and XP discs. So I tried `98 first and hated it. Then I loaded XP onto the harddrive, and what a difference! I’ve also tinkered with a Win-ME machine, and loathed that OS’s shortcomings. Only Win-XP convinced me that PCs had finally been done right.
But I’m wondering if Vista or Win-7 are really that much better than XP, as XP was to Win-98? And I seriously doubt it. They might look snazzier. But if the files system is handling everything exactly the same as XP did. Then I can’t see how tweeking some applications and giving the window panes a new look, is suppose to make everyone throw away their old XP PC for a Vista or Win-7 machine.
Besides, most of the improvements they’ll see are due to newer PC hardware. If users could get the proper drivers. The new hardware would work just as well for XP (if not faster), as for the Win-7. So it’s likely that Win-7 will sell mainly because users won’t have a choice about using it, with their new PCs. At some point, the only way you’ll be able to get XP, is if you’re a Fortune 500 company.
I went back to XP.
Nuff said.