Wednesday
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Microsoft Windows Vista Launched
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 19:38
Today is the official launch of the newest operating system (OS) from Microsoft, and it's called Windows Vista.
All over the world shops opened early (even at midnight) to give the public the change to buy this new OS. Tons of people (at least that's what they had hoped) would be gathering in front of these shops to be the first..... Well, that didn't work out that well.
It seems that only a hand full of nerds were standing in the cold to be the first. There were no lines, or riots as we have seen with the launch of the PlayStation 3 or the Nintendo Wii.
Here in Holland, there was a computer shop which opened at midnight and served about 90 customers.... 90 on a total of over 14 million people.
I guess pricing, and lack of available drivers is to blame. It's by far the most expensive workstation/desktop OS released by Microsoft (the most expensive retail version is over 500 euros). Most of the people will be getting Vista when buying a new PC, and the rest will probably be using a pirated version of the OS (or switch to Mac or Linux).
No Vista for me anyway.
All over the world shops opened early (even at midnight) to give the public the change to buy this new OS. Tons of people (at least that's what they had hoped) would be gathering in front of these shops to be the first..... Well, that didn't work out that well.
It seems that only a hand full of nerds were standing in the cold to be the first. There were no lines, or riots as we have seen with the launch of the PlayStation 3 or the Nintendo Wii.
Here in Holland, there was a computer shop which opened at midnight and served about 90 customers.... 90 on a total of over 14 million people.
I guess pricing, and lack of available drivers is to blame. It's by far the most expensive workstation/desktop OS released by Microsoft (the most expensive retail version is over 500 euros). Most of the people will be getting Vista when buying a new PC, and the rest will probably be using a pirated version of the OS (or switch to Mac or Linux).
No Vista for me anyway.
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