Windows XP - Something bad in it
Computerworld UK finally got it made; this time, in a face-to-face session with Steve Ballmer (CEO, Microsoft), CW UK confronted a few shocking but nevertheless interesting facts that were never shared formerly by the enterprise. One of those is their decision to replace Windows XP with the Vista and making it their own blue-eyed boy.
According to Ballmer, it’s the familiarity of the object you are using that matters and it also brings in that necessary psychological bent that translates to an efficient output. In his own words - “If you deploy a 4- or 5-year-old operating system today, most people will ask their boss why the heck they don’t have the stuff they have back at home.” The organization, with its prime focus on employee satisfaction, has taken upon this initiative; it won’t be long before the employees start feeling happy, comfortable and contended again.
On the flip side, Forrester, a market research firm, reported that Windows Vista is a rare phenomenon and dominates maybe, only 10 percent of the computers worldwide (in the corporate section). Compared to it, Windows XP enjoys a star status; more than 71% of enterprises computers. But Vista, currently lagging far behind in terms of popularity, equals to 27% if we take the global market (both private and corporate sectors) into perspective. That way, it’s XP that has every chance of winning the election. People know it in and out, contrary to what Ballmer may think regarding its awfulness.
Now, things can be blamed upon a financial interest that MS is inclined towards; everyone wants their newest product to sell. But the current scenario demands a switch after Microsoft releases Windows 7 with all the kinks and the bugs properly fixed. This is also why Vista finds a usage out of a necessity and not as an everyday OS.
No, people are not averse to Vista; it’s just that it suffers from a great many issue that bar a justified use. Firstly, it demands for too much of resources (most of the old computers need an upgrade to comply), secondly, Service Pack 3 is enough to introduce the new security features to make the XP as good as the Vista with SP1. But that’s not entirely why XP receives an upper hand; it’s because XP doesn’t require a user to worry on the GPU quality or the RAM of the computer it is running. It fits the configurations well and works much faster than Vista; even if there remains present the better components. You don’t switch to something new for experiencing lesser efficiency, more so, if you take into account the business domains.
What came as shocking news is even MS is not quite happy with the compatibility issues of Vista and there are only a handful of companies who would like to go for a large-scale upgrade in an uncertain economic time. And, though Ballmer knows the pulse of the global computer market and its users, Forrester’s analysts think the Windows 7.0 is going to beat Vista in terms of user preferences.
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