Hell i m not that good at multi quoting
See i m not pulling it into another OS war, but here are a few things:-
WTH ? Just press the multiquote button.
your 1st para:
No, microsoft is not losing potential market. Think it in this way, if a person is buying a new PC and if Windows 7 is good, then he'll definitely go for it. Maybe you are an office working or more "light-weight PC" oriented, but in todays world i think everyone needs to upgrade PC who is into anything from watching movies to playing dead high end games. You had been using a same stream PC for 2 years(I assumed), maybe u didnt try anything(or many things) new on it, like modern games, high definition stuff and all the other things which have turned faster with 2 yrs. I beleive u might be having something like Nvidia 6600GT (totally assuming, u might be having a faster or slower card too) in ur 2 yr old machine and u might have purchased that for some 6000/-, but today at the same price u can get something really triple the speed of 6600GT. So people will have a reason to upgrade their PC and avoid adjustings and flexibilities. One can go for iPhone shelling out 31000/- but one can also go for someother phone at half the price and double the features.
Come on, you know the economy of choice. When money is limited, people make decisions based on what they want the most.
For eg, I am getting myself an electric guitar instead of a rig upgrade
Anyway, while I agree with what you say, I also need to add that there are quite a few people who are actually HAPPY with their own rigs. A few and infact negligible in percentage, but numerically high enough to be mentioned.
2nd para:
You might be erupting an OS war. I agree I love Windows. But i have used Kubuntu for a great lot of time, tried Ubuntu for few weeks too. So in my case Linux in no way is "better alternative". It has its good points and in many cases it can do things better then Windows, but it doesnt fit well with me. In a similar way thr are people around the world who feel Linux, Windows and Mac to be the best with thr own reasons.
Its not an OS war.
And what you said differs case to case. Some like it and some don't. Ones which don't end up making my party, the rest end up making yours. As simple as that. And as I said, the NUMBERS matter my friend. Absolute numbers make every damn percentage look insanely high.
Apple has 2% share in OS market. But youwill fall of your chair when you see the sheer number of macintoshes around. That's the only thing I have been saying and you two denying.
3rd para:
Term default OS is generally given by Linux lovers to Windows. I dont get it why Linux fanboys try to show Windows as "Horrible Experience". Anyways, all have Freedom of Speech. But i bet all Linux lovers wont say "No" to Windows if it was FREE, i bet that. Note: Plz no OS war.
Wrong. Its given by the world. Put yourself into the shoes of an OEM vendor. Which is the first OS you would choose to install by default to have maximum people buy your product ? The answer is usually something like Windows Vista Home Premium as of now. (And Windows 7 Home Premium is about to replace that).
And no, please don't try to generalise saying "all linux lovers".Thats plain crap. Each category has its own percentage and numbers.
And yeah, I'm not pushing this to an OS war. I'm just disagreeing with general points you are making. My comments are more market oriented than OS oriented.
4th para:
Take an example of WinRAR. It provided good compression with processors 2 yrs back. It provides even better compression now with the newer Core 2 Duos, Quads and AMDs. It can do the same with old processors also but also increasing compression times by many times. Thats whr hardware update is important. My response was a bit off topic.
Think of it. Does everyone really need to increase compression time by many times ? Does everyone even USE compression ?
There is a reason people buy underpowered low-cost subnotebooks dubbed "netbooks" by Intel. Its just that the needs are small enough for these people. Portability is another reason but this reason also stays.
You can't force people to upgrade when they have not much reason to do so.
Yes MS earns money, but they are delivering value too(OK Vista was off priced). MS is a corporate, it earns money for wat it does. And it does good. Ups and Downs always come, and i feel Vista was a down and 7 will be an up. 7 is running on my hardware very very very well, no matter how it runs on someone else's hardware. So no point abt efficiency.
To each his own. People say Apple is leagues ahead of competition because it has features others don't. And its always the end users who decide what they want.
You and 99% of the world choose to run Windows 7. The rest don't.
Now u see, MS is telling u that u have so and so restriction and selling it for 15$. They are not cheating u in any case. Its user who is purchasing that Starter Edition. If it is $15 that is making it worth a try then i gaurantee that thr wud be no surviving OS other than Windows on earth if it was FREE(lol, totally hypothetical). You dont have to shed out $15 for trying how it'll be Gautam, i m telling you it'll be a horrible experience. If u really wanna try go for Windows 7 Home Premium(if it is named so later) on any Mid-Low end machine of present day. But again that wont beat the price of Linux, coz Linux is free.
Obviously nothing can beat the price of linux but it can be impressive enough to make me consider it. For Linux, I need to get a GPU which costs Rs. 3000 more for extra power, to offset the performance issues from WINE for gaming. But in the end it works out as I save money on 3.5K Vista Basic.
So an Rs. 750 OS can attract gamers like nothing else.
Anyways, i respect ur views and have no intentions of erupting an OS war.
Same here. I respect each person's views, but I hate it when they try to go about "my view is better, yours sucks and you are just a fanboy".
See ? By this attitude MS looses potential customers. I don't use it because it refuses to be flexible enough for me to use. So I end up with linux. And since I have used it for 2 years and find it MORE comfortable than any version of windows, I doubt I'm leaving it.
what attitude?
Assuming that every single person would want to upgrade.
While it makes economic sense for MS, i.e, its easier for it to make people upgrade and not have everyone use windows than have more use windows but spend a hell lot more in R&D, the title of this thread was can MS come back. Usually that refers to market share recovering to that in XP Days.
Now that windows 7 is rocking the world, time to move back
Time to give back that thanks
That's for me to decide, after I evaluate Windows 7 RC.
And I use an OS that gives me exactly what I need, doesn't make me pull my hair to make a device work and let's me watch TV, play music, sync music, play 3D games, supports millions of devices right out of the box, 24x7 support over mail/phone/chat. Yes, I would pay for such a software.
So we both use different software, yet with overlapping needs. Amusing isn't it ?
Trust me. They won't. RDF is too powerful to escape from
Whats RDF ?
Can you please explain?? <<scratching my head trying to find meaning here.>>
I mean that atleast to 1% of total desktop users, windows isn't people's OS anymore. It isn't the world famous good guy EVERYBODY loves.
What to do. My spankingly new h/w won't work on Ubuntu/Fedora/SuSe, forget about old hardware.
Tell me one modern day OS that won't drop performance when you put it on old hardware. If you feel there is a performance drop, change to classic view.
You haven't tried many distros it seems. While its offtopic here, I'm just pointing out.
That comes with a h/w limitation. Won't run on everything.
Whats the limit in this version ?
