Is Windows Vista designed more for consumers or business users?
Microsoft says that Windows Vista is a significant release for all 600+ million Windows users, regardless of whether they use Windows at home or at work. While this is no doubt true, and there are excellent security and deployment improvements in Windows Vista that will benefit business users, it’s pretty clear to me that Windows Vista’s most exciting changes are on the consumer side. For example, the system includes excellent new versions of Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker, as well as new applications like Windows Photo Gallery and Windows DVD Maker. Q: Should I buy a Windows XP-based PC or should I buy one with Windows Vista pre-installed? A: If you think you will be migrating to Windows Vista in the next year or less, you should buy a PC with XP. You will have a much better experience getting Windows XP now on a new PC than you will trying to find all the drivers for the hardware you already have. According to Microsoft, however, any “PC that meets current ‘designed for
Microsoft says that Windows Vista is a significant release for all 600+ million Windows users, regardless of whether they use Windows at home or at work. While this is no doubt true, and there are excellent security and deployment improvements in Windows Vista that will benefit business users, it’s pretty clear to me that Windows Vista’s most exciting changes are on the consumer side. For example, the system includes excellent new versions of Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker, as well as new applications like Windows Photo Gallery and Windows DVD Maker.
Microsoft tells me that Windows Vista will be a significant release for all 600+ million Windows users, regardless of whether they use Windows at home or at work. While this is no doubt true, and there are excellent security and deployment improvements in Windows Vista that will benefit business users, it’s pretty clear to me that Windows Vista’s most exciting changes are on the consumer/individual side. That said, we won’t see most of these changes in the Beta 1 time frame and will have to wait instead for Beta 2.
Microsoft says that Windows Vista is a significant release for all 600+ million Windows users, regardless of whether they use Windows at home or at work. While this is no doubt true, and there are excellent security and deployment improvements in Windows Vista that will benefit business users, it’s pretty clear to me that Windows Vista’s most exciting changes are on the consumer side. For example, the system includes excellent new versions of Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker, as well as new applications like Windows Photo Gallery and Windows DVD Maker.
