| Microsoft Windows Vista went on sale in over seventy countries this
Tuesday. The new operating system comes with upgraded version of
Microsft Outlook email software and new version of Microsoft Office
meaning better than ever Excel, Word and PowerPoint software.
However, despite the long wait and the delayed launch of Vista, the
there were no customers lining up days in advance to buy Vista like
they did for Sony's Playstation 3.
Most of the first Windows Vista customers say they want to buy it
because of the new interface, which is a big improvement over Windows
XP. Apple computers have long been known for the great user interface,
but it seems Microsoft may be able to catch up with Apple in the
interface realm now.
Sales managers for the big retail stores find the launch of Vista
encouraging, as it motivates the users to buy the new better computers
to run Vista.
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., said the company is not
making a big effort of Windows Vista sales right now, as consumers can
always download the operating system from Microsoft's website.
Consumers are expected to start buying Windows Vista mostly after they
buy new more powerful computers.
Microsoft spent more that five years developing Vista and released it
for businesses in November, and this Tuesday for private customers.
Windows Vista sells for $100 to $400 depending on whether consumers
buy it in full bundle, or upgrade it from previously bought Windows
XP.
One unique thing about new Windows Vista is that it's probably the
latest all-in-one upgrade in the Windows software line. Microsoft made
Vista so that all separate layers of it could be upgraded separately.
Vista comes to the market at the difficult time for expensive
software, as more and more companies offer open source software which
may ultimately undermine the Microsoft Vista sales and dominance in the
software sales. |
Microsoft has finally started selling its long delayed Windows Vista operating system. However, you could hear Steve Jobs doing his best impression of Nelson Muntz, "Ha Ha!" Microsoft contends that Vista is such a huge improvement over previous computing platforms that users inevitably say "Wow" when they see it. Wow, I can compute betterer now. 
