What can I say about Windows Vista... Well, it's a poorly coded OS that barely sold, but WHY was it poorly coded, and HOW did it flop so hard?
To remember this we need to look back to 2004, when Microsoft released Microsoft Longhorn, the preliminary OS that soon became Windows Vista. Now, Microsoft Longhorn had a plethora of features, but was picked off to the bare minimum when it became Windows Vista. This may have had to do with PCs in 2006 not being great at holding too much code, but let's dig into the reasons it failed so hard and only caused Windows XP sales to increase.
REASON ONE: IT CRASHED ALL THE TIME. No, this is not a joke. Windows Vista was heavy on crashes. Load up Solitaire and Vista crashed. Pull up a website and Vista crashed. Click on an app? Crash. Log in?! Crash. You get the point. EVERYTHING CRASHES. The crashes were so bad that even APPLE had a bone to pick with Windows Vista with their "Get a Mac" ad campaigns. Jesus Christ...
REASON TWO: It lacked what made Windows XP so great. Now, Windows Vista was made as the successor to Windows XP ("The Wow starts Now?" Yeah, right...), but the problem was was that Vista lacked the factor to Windows XP's success. XP WAS A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY. Hell, even Microsoft DOS was more user friendly, and you had to have fifty Harvard degrees to know how to work it!
REASON THREE: Windows 7 put Vista down when released. Three years after Windows Vista released, Microsoft released Windows 7. Now, Windows 7 was both a modernized Windows XP and an improved upon Windows Vista. It ultimately became the last nail in the coffin for Windows Vista, as 7 managed to run for 11 years, and Vista was left behind in the dust to rot.
If you thought Windows Vista was bad, Windows ME was even WORSE, but that's a story for another time.
To remember this we need to look back to 2004, when Microsoft released Microsoft Longhorn, the preliminary OS that soon became Windows Vista. Now, Microsoft Longhorn had a plethora of features, but was picked off to the bare minimum when it became Windows Vista. This may have had to do with PCs in 2006 not being great at holding too much code, but let's dig into the reasons it failed so hard and only caused Windows XP sales to increase.
REASON ONE: IT CRASHED ALL THE TIME. No, this is not a joke. Windows Vista was heavy on crashes. Load up Solitaire and Vista crashed. Pull up a website and Vista crashed. Click on an app? Crash. Log in?! Crash. You get the point. EVERYTHING CRASHES. The crashes were so bad that even APPLE had a bone to pick with Windows Vista with their "Get a Mac" ad campaigns. Jesus Christ...
REASON TWO: It lacked what made Windows XP so great. Now, Windows Vista was made as the successor to Windows XP ("The Wow starts Now?" Yeah, right...), but the problem was was that Vista lacked the factor to Windows XP's success. XP WAS A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY. Hell, even Microsoft DOS was more user friendly, and you had to have fifty Harvard degrees to know how to work it!
REASON THREE: Windows 7 put Vista down when released. Three years after Windows Vista released, Microsoft released Windows 7. Now, Windows 7 was both a modernized Windows XP and an improved upon Windows Vista. It ultimately became the last nail in the coffin for Windows Vista, as 7 managed to run for 11 years, and Vista was left behind in the dust to rot.
If you thought Windows Vista was bad, Windows ME was even WORSE, but that's a story for another time.