PCWorld Says Firefox is Strong, Vista is Weak

twitter writes "PC World has released their year in review statistics and 2007 was not kind to Microsoft. IE 6 users are equally likely to move to Firefox as they are to IE7 and no one wants Vista. 'How much of an accomplishment is it for a new version of Windows to get to 14 percent usage in 11 months? The logical benchmark is to compare it to the first eleven months of Windows XP, back in 2001 and 2002. In that period, that operating system went from nothing to 36 percent usage on PCWorld.com--more than 250 percent of the usage that Vista has mustered so far.'"

benchmark?

[rainman_bc]

? The logical benchmark is to compare it to the first eleven months of Windows XP, back in 2001 and 2002.

I'd say it's probably better to compare to Windows ME than XP...

Vista a Flop?

[Ritz_Just_Ritz]

Well, I guess posting something brutally obvious is better than posting another dupe.

*shrug*

Naming?

[niceone]

Of course a flaming fox is going to be stronger than a view. MS should have thought up a better name than Vista. Something that could beat foxes and fire - how about: Ice weasel?

recession

[BobZee1]

Could the United States being in a state of recession have anything to do with Vista's slow growth? Just kidding, I know Vista is TERRIBLE. My karma is bad and I wish it wasn't. I don't want to have bad karma. I am a good person.

Re:And wait...

[Anonymous Coward]

I think this is the post which has finally convinced me to abandon Slashdot.

Re:Naming?

[NotAgent86]

I always thought it was an acronym - Virus Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware

Re:Forecast calls for a 75% chance of hilarity

[calebt3]

63.27% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Re:I just found it funny...

[Anonymous Coward]

That's very accurate with your sacrifice, every slashdotter should know better than to buy XP home. Especially for $300 when it retails for $99.

Re:Naming?

[syousef]

I always thought it was an acronym - Virus Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware

Yeah, that'd be right. Typical MS marketing. Mention as many "new features" as you can to distract from the new DRM.

Cancel or Allow?

Re:benchmark?

[thatskinnyguy]

In deed it is slow and bloated out of the box. But when you disable UAC, turn the theme to "Windows Classic", turn off whatever Vista is using instead of dumprep, and turn off all of the startup processes, Vista can be just as economical with resources as XP. But the hard drive footprint versus what you get for it is a real head-scratcher. What the hell could be taking-up all of that space? Maybe there's some Hi-Def porn stashed in an Easter Egg somewhere in the %windir% directory.

Re:benchmark?

[andruk]

"If Microsoft gets their butts in gear and start listening to their customers..."

So, you mean, never?

Smoother transition?

[fahrbot-bot]

From TFA: We'll show you how the Vista transition will become smoother.

To Vista or From Vista?

Re:benchmark?

[sarixe]

my boss has a dell running with a high-end intel core 2 duo (3ghz, i believe), 4gb ram, and ati x1k. it is a cheetah among computers, and vista makes it run like an oversized snail making its way across fields of molasses.

Re:benchmark?

[jcuervo]

So, imagine double the processor power, with an 8 core processor, a solid state disk and at least 64 gig of RAM. If Microsoft gets their butts in gear and start listening to their customers, SP2 might be something worthwhile. We shall see how it works out.

That reminds me of an XKCD strip [xkcd.com].

Windows sucks. I guess I'll try it again later. Nope, still sucks. Nope, still sucks. Oooh, shiny! But still sucks.

Re:benchmark?

[Ender_Stonebender]

Let me translate for you:

my boss has a dell running with a high-end intel core 2 duo (3ghz, i believe), 4gb ram, and ati x1k. it is a Ferrari among computers, and vista makes it run like an overloaded Yugo making it's way up San Francisco's Lombard Street [wikipedia.org] .

Does that clear it up for you?

Re:benchmark?

[WeeLad]

But seriously, what could a home computer be doing that would chew up so much CPU at idle?

Spyware and bots and viruses, oh my.