Vista Share Drops for the First Time In Two Years 332
adeelarshad82 writes "Windows Vista lost market share last month for the first time in almost two years, a sign that users are already abandoning the oft-ridiculed operating system in favor of the new Windows 7. According to Web metrics firm Net Applications, Vista dropped 0.2 percentage points during September to end the month at an 18.6% slice of the operating system pie. Windows 7, meanwhile, gained 0.3 percentage points, its biggest one-month gain since Microsoft began handing out the new OS to the public in January 2009. Windows 7 powered an estimated 1.5% of all computers that connected to the Internet last month, also a record."
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:2, Informative)
unfortunately it was on msdnaa for a month and was then withdrawm
Windows 7 (Score:5, Informative)
XP still going strong (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Microsoft's done itself a lot of damage lately (Score:4, Informative)
Add to that list: Windows 200 and Windows XP.
Windows 200 had major problems with hardware drivers. Printing was a real pain, and running both AutoCAD and office on the same machine was almost impossible. Running Autodesk Inventor was near to impossible because it was so slow you could draw the screen by pencil faster.
Windows XP's "Genuine" disadvantage was the main reason I switched to Linux. I do value my privacy.
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:2, Informative)
i have access to 2 msdnaa accounts
http://msdn04.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Storefront.aspx?campus=ieee_cs_r9&np1=112 [e-academy.com]
http://msdn70.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Storefront.aspx?campus=santbabasing_cs&np1=112 [e-academy.com]
win 7 was available for a month on the 1st link, but was then withdrawn
it never even appeared on the 2nd one
and yes, i have tried logging in
check this
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&p=22981341 [slickdeals.net]
the 4th post on the page discusses why it was removed
also try searching for
windows 7 withdrawn from msdnaa
in google...
luckily i got it before it was removed
Re:They CAN'T afford to get it wrong (Score:4, Informative)
Everything has its limits
The reason microsoft and windows have been so successful has been because their software has been so friendly to use.
Its so easy it attracts developers, that make applications for the platform, which attracts end-users, some of which go on to become developers.
Its a self-feeding cycle, which is why microsoft has been so successful, and its also where linux is starting to show real growths.
Now your saying MS can give its customers anything it wants and they'll eat it. You might be right, but only in the short term. Longer term, a small amount, lets say that in frustration/annoyance 5% less developers drop windows vista, and start using using linux instead.
They go on to develop apps that DON"T work on windows but instead on linux, these apps appeal to other users who go on to get linux instead, and the linux cycle grows.
Those few developers, taht tiny market share, is all it can take to crush the windows monopoly. And without the monopoly, or ease of use, why would you pay money over a linux distribution which is free.
No microsoft can't afford to stuff up windows, its the cornerstone of all their software, everything is dependant on it, it just takes time (read: years) before screwups play out fully.
Heres a small post showing that MS's vista screwup has cost them dearly, the Mac's web presence nearly doubling from 4 to 8%.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/appleaday/blog/2008/06/macs_web_footprint_growing_at.html [baltimoresun.com]
It'd be simlar with linux.
Just wait a few years, and the results will play themselves out.
Don't even get me started on the fact that the netbook market is cut-throat pricing wise, MS are already having a hard time jusifying the cost of windows (to the point where they cut prices on windows oem to stop being excluded from that market)
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:3, Informative)
"I'm yet to see a single advert for it."
You probably don't watch television. The wife always has the boob tube on, and I'm sick of that little far-to-cute child telling the world about "good things" in Windows 7. There are at least two of those commercials. I can't see the television from my home computer, but I HEAR her. GAAAAHHHHH!!!
It's telling, when their marketing campaign seems to be led by a child, and aimed at children, young mommies, and grandmas. I had to google - the girl's name is Kylie. Ahhhh, Google is still my friend, try this link:
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/09/windows_7_commercial_with_cute.php [geekologie.com]
Re:Microsoft's done itself a lot of damage lately (Score:1, Informative)
also, double clicking on any of the tabs on the ribbon minimises them to just the tab labels. about the height of one toolbar.
Re:Stupied Fucking Vista (Score:3, Informative)
Obviously, I'm not "many" users. Certainly not a majority. But, I have installed every operating system that MS has offered since MS-DOS 3.1. Every single one. I've done every Windows version since Windows 1.something - I missed 1.0.
I will state bluntly here that WinME was the single worst abortion that MS ever put out, followed closely by Vista.
Windows 7 runs perfectly on the very same hardware on which Vista failed. Longhorn, in various versions, runs perfectly on the very same hardware. With some moderate tweaking, Win7 runs just as fast as XP ever ran, it's stable, reliable - it just works. Vista refused to work properly on any of my home brew machines. When it ran at all, it was a resource hog, and ran as sluggishly as Win98 would run on an early 386. No exaggeration.
I will allow for the fact that Vista probably does run decently on high-end equipment that was designed for Vista. But, where does that leave the rest of the world? And, how does that explain the fact that Win7 runs perfectly on hardware that Vista barfed on?
"The true test will be how long will it take for major corporate IT uptake in Win7."
I can agree with that statement, at least. And, I'm sure that the test will be passed. A mediocre IT dude such as myself will be able to migrate a small company from XP to Win7 (let's say 50 machines) in a month or so, with only moderate headache. (Yes, migration ALWAYS involves some headache.) You simply couldn't say that with Vista. It simply wasn't going to run on a lot of the existing hardware, and the boss wasn't going to spring for all new hardware.
Re:They CAN'T afford to get it wrong (Score:2, Informative)
The reason microsoft and windows have been so successful has been because their software has been so friendly to use.
The presence of numerous more friendly alternatives over the years, all of which failed for one reason or another kind of throws that argument out wouldn't you think?
The reason Microsoft and Windows have been so successful has got more to do with Microsoft doing everything in their power to gain marketshare, including but not limited to bullying OEMs with agreements which state "every PC you ship ships with Windows and may not multi-boot", seeding "partners" with outright lies over their direction (IBM, OS/2) and purposely crippling third-party products on their OS (Lotus, GEM).
Re:where is OS 10.6? (Score:3, Informative)
OS 10.6 is up on their survey, and is included, please read the article.
Re:Vista's share doesn't matter (Score:3, Informative)
He's referring to Classic behaviour being removed. Rather than Win2k-XP-Vista behaviour, you're locked to Vista-Win7 behaviour.