Should You Wait for Windows 7?

August 20, 2008 at 10:13 am | In Opinion, Sofware/Operating Systems | No Comments

There has been a lot of talk around the internet about Windows 7.  You will find at least one blog post or article on every tech magazine web site.  The growing popularity of this subject brings up an important question for many Windows users: Should You Wait for Windows 7?

Although there are numerous articles and blog posts about Windows 7, we know little about it.  Microsoft has started a Windows 7 blog but the only information obtained from this blog so far  is that the Windows 7 development group is divided into 25 feature teams.  Most of the other articles and blog posts are all speculation.

So should you wait for Windows 7?  This question is difficult to answer.  Although a lot of people that have upgraded to Windows Vista or bought a new computer with Vista preloaded have had huge problems, there are those few people who have only had minor problems with Vista, many of which were fixed when SP1 was installed. (Myself included.)  Here is my answer:  If you are buying a computer you really have no choice, unless you purchase a Mac or a PC with Linux loaded on it.  However, do not expect a $500 computer from Walmart to be able to  run Vista perfectly.  If you are purchasing a new computer with Vista you should be sure it has at least a dual core processor (Intel is suggested, avoid AMD if possible), 2GB of RAM, and a dedicated graphics card with at least 256MB of RAM (at least 512MB would be better).  If you are not planning on purchasing a new computer soon, I would suggest waiting until you are ready to purchase one.  If you really want Vista and are not able to purchase a new computer be sure that your computer has at least 2GB of RAM and a graphics card.

Microsoft Should Focus On Core Business

July 29, 2008 at 12:23 pm | In Opinion | No Comments

Microsoft is a software company.  That’s what they started out to be.  However, for the past 10 years or so they have moved away from that core business.  Microsoft now has MP3 players, a game console, and too many online services to count.  I believe that this loss of focus on their core business has lead to the problems they are now having with Windows Vista and the problems they will continue to have if they do not “rethink” their strategy.

The two main sources of Microsoft’s success are Windows and Office.  They have since lost focus on at least one of these very important products and it has caused a few problems.  It kind of seems like Vista did not get the attention and supervision it deserved so the result was a product that was not really ready to be released.  We can place some of the blame on the media and the general public for complaining every time Microsoft pushed back the release date but that is not the source of the problem.  The problem is too many products and too many things going on at once.  Microsoft has so many products and services that it is hard to keep up with all of them.  What happened to the good ole days of just Windows and Office.  If Microsoft seriously dropped most of the other products and brought their focus on Windows and Office, they would be unstoppable.   

So Microsoft!  Don’t worry about Google, they are going to dominate the search and internet advertising business for some time.  Get back to working on Windows and give us all another great operating system like Windows XP.

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