Hello.
It seems a ridiculous amount of resource for an operating system, but then I guess we're looking at it from a more knowledgeable perspective than most users will.
The majority of people don't really know or care what's under the bonnet of their PC's, at least in terms of hardware, they just want an OS to do what it's meant to - ie, work with any device they plug in, let them connect to the internet, etc, all in a secure environment. The drivers, graphics, tutorial media, etc, are going to be what bloats the OS out so much - MS is giving the consumer what they want. And with hard drive capacity is increasing so rapidly, graphics cards and CPU capabilities improving so much, any new PC is going to be able to take the strain of Vista. It's all about transparency (boom-boom) to the user.
I think it's more worrying that MS has been sending out mailshots to retailers telling them they're missing out on financial benefits by selling bare PC's and that they could make more revenue by pre-installing an OS, ooh, say Windows for example, so that they can charge for support, etc. Linux providers are getting a little hot and bothered about it, saying it's another attempt by MS to push them totally out of the market.
But again, it comes back to the whole "user experience". No-one really gives a flying sausage about who makes a corkscrew, just that it can get corks out bottles. Ideally, without corking the wine, snapping, needing someone else to screw it up for you, throwing the bottle around the room or giving your wine to someone else. Ok, perhaps I took the anology too far, but hopefully you get the point. Most people really don't care who makes the damn thing, just that it does it's job and that they can get support when they need it.
Goodbye.
It seems a ridiculous amount of resource for an operating system, but then I guess we're looking at it from a more knowledgeable perspective than most users will.
The majority of people don't really know or care what's under the bonnet of their PC's, at least in terms of hardware, they just want an OS to do what it's meant to - ie, work with any device they plug in, let them connect to the internet, etc, all in a secure environment. The drivers, graphics, tutorial media, etc, are going to be what bloats the OS out so much - MS is giving the consumer what they want. And with hard drive capacity is increasing so rapidly, graphics cards and CPU capabilities improving so much, any new PC is going to be able to take the strain of Vista. It's all about transparency (boom-boom) to the user.
I think it's more worrying that MS has been sending out mailshots to retailers telling them they're missing out on financial benefits by selling bare PC's and that they could make more revenue by pre-installing an OS, ooh, say Windows for example, so that they can charge for support, etc. Linux providers are getting a little hot and bothered about it, saying it's another attempt by MS to push them totally out of the market.
But again, it comes back to the whole "user experience". No-one really gives a flying sausage about who makes a corkscrew, just that it can get corks out bottles. Ideally, without corking the wine, snapping, needing someone else to screw it up for you, throwing the bottle around the room or giving your wine to someone else. Ok, perhaps I took the anology too far, but hopefully you get the point. Most people really don't care who makes the damn thing, just that it does it's job and that they can get support when they need it.
Goodbye.