Flaws of Windows Vista

FLAWS OF WINDOWS VISTA

2007

Flaws of Windows Vista

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IBM and OX2 could not imagine in their worst dreams that a young company , launching Windows at a startup , would ever be a corporation and what is more , a monopoly that will sell 210 million copies of Windows XP in 2003 . Even prescient Wall Streeters were not able to predict the Microsoft 's market value of 293 billion and 85 .7 percent of Gross Profit Margin (GPM ) in 2007 , while Apple Inc . market value amounts only 112 ,82 billion (According

to data provided by Forbes . Today , Microsoft is monopolizing the software 's market and leaves no ways out even for such software giants as Linux and Mackintosh

Yet , the bugs can happen in the most complete product we remember the history of Mac OS X updates and the long five years of the Windows Vista 's making process , for hardware and computer technology in general went far beyond the capabilities of Vista software . Still , these progresses and upgrades cost a pretty penny to average user . The question remains : to buy or not to buy the new software for the old desktop , laptop or palmtop

The new operating system of Microsoft Corporation , Windows Vista is not worth purchasing for three particular reasons : it is expensive it requires all new hardware , and it promotes the monopolization of Microsoft . Since it has reached the status of monopoly , Microsoft keeps jacking around users , over-charging them and leaving no alternatives Even though Mac OS X was updating the software a number of times because of flaws , crashes , and hackers ' `help , it still beats Windows in all aspects , except for gaming

The managers of Microsoft made a mythical assumption that the potential users of new operating system can afford the latest devices as well . So , should we consider that tendency to spend money for the latest products means the odd tendency to get the cutting edge ? After all , the sphere of operating systems is not a `Hollywood , where celebrities craving for being around forces them to spend excessive sums to get the greatest in to reach to top floor . The boom for Vista 's new features may turn out to a trap of issues with drivers and hardware

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Comparing to XP , prices for Windows Vista are twice as much (even the basic editions . Let us compare prices of Vista editions , provided by the official website of Microsoft Corporation . The operating system which was released on January 30 , 2007 , has several editions (just like XP ) that are aimed at every kind of PC users - from homes to enterprises

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Starter -- (unavailable ) --

Home Basic 99 .95 79 .99 to 139 .99

Home Premium 159 .00 136 .78 to 167 .92

Business 199 .00 142 .99 to 224 .99

Ultimate 259 .00 178 .99 to 278 .49

Enterprise -- (privacy --

On the other hand , the average prices for Mac OS and Linux are...