Now that Vista Is Done and Over With, What Next?

Mehacomp_91 · Post time 25-7-2007 08:44 PM

Microsoft'slatest operating system was initially introduced to the corporateenvironment on November 30, 2006. Then at the end of January 2007,Windows Vista was also made available for the general public togetherwith the Office 2007 System. And although speculations revealed thatVista would be the last mammoth operating system, Microsoft is hard at work producing thenext big Windows platform, referred to as Windows Seven, after StevenSinofsky became the senior vice president for the Windows and WindowsLive Engineering Group.

Windows Seven, formerly codenamed Vienna is planned for releasesometime in 2010. Microsoft has offered little additional details,except the fact that Vista won't be the last 32-bit client operatingsystem in the same manner as Windows Server 2008. Scheduled for 2011,Vista's successor will follow some additional releases associated withthe Windows platform.

By the end of this year, Microsoft will deliver the first service packfor Vista. A limited, private beta will be served to a select pool oftesters and a public release is not planned at this time, but theRedmond company is aiming for a November release. AdditionallyMicrosoft will also focus on the third service pack for Windows XP.Currently scheduled at an abstract date in the first half of 2007,Windows XP SP3 can potentially be offered by the end of this year,although this piece of information remains unconfirmed by Microsoft. Inthe coming year the Redmond company will update Windows Media Centerwith the release of Windows Fiji.

This timetable is nothing more than a set of speculations. The datesare accurate only to a point and Microsoft could shift from this path.Still, what will be interesting to see is the future releases ties tothe Windows operating system in the gap between the second half of 2008and 2010.

Now that Vista Is Done and Over With, What Next?

farishaziqi · Post time 26-7-2007 11:47 AM

Ubuntu punya release cycle pon 6 bulan sekali

tah aper2 MS ni takat nak bagi service pack pon makan bertahun

pikir2 ler kawan2ku

0001 · Post time 26-7-2007 05:38 PM

Dengar kata Vista Service Pack 1 nak kuar tak lama lagi and bukan ujung tahun... Beta dah distributed kat testers dah.

[ Last edited by 0001 at 26-7-2007 05:39 PM ]

farishaziqi · Post time 26-7-2007 08:49 PM

nasib baik ler aku tak pakai vista

sebab aku pon tak tahu kenaper aku perlu pakai vista

cuba ko cerita skit kat aku aper yg kelebihan vista tu

Mehacomp_91 · Post time 28-7-2007 10:40 AM

Theseare the questions that popped up into my mind from the very moment Ihad my first encounter with Microsoft's new operating system: 慦hyshould I use Vista instead of XP?

azharfcsit · Post time 28-7-2007 02:49 PM

aku pun tatau napa aku dah bertukar pada vista...
dulu masa xp baru kuar aku baru je belajaq apa itu Operating System..
then kebetulan microsoft bg free win xp pro..so mmg gempak le time tu sbb bdk2 fak aku je yg dah tukar ke XP..then lelama best guna XP..baru 2 bulan lepas lulus ujian certificate utk ms winXP..senang sangat test nye..dpt 984/1000 lg...sbb apa sbb bende yg kite biasa guna dan tau nk troubleshoot tang mane

sama gak macam vista..memule agak sukar dan terlalu sakit hati gak nk layan karenah security die..tp lelama aku rasa mcm secure plak..sbb aku ada 2 bijik pc 3 bijik laptop yg berlainan OS..termasuk apple..lagi satu vista mmg senang nk carik file if aku sengaja save sesuatu file secara suka hati..tp jarang le menyusahkan diri..even perkataan dlm sesuatu microsoft word atau notepad yg kite search pun die akn bgtau list kebarangkalian words atau phrase tu berada dlm file mana..yg lain aku rasa kelebihan nye pada grafik aero le..aku pakai vista bisnes je..

tp pkai MAC OS X lg best...lepas ni dh nk kuar leopard lak lg gempak tgk trailer nye

farishaziqi · Post time 29-7-2007 11:58 AM

maybe i will try vista for evaluation only

Mehacomp_91 · Post time 29-7-2007 10:19 PM

10 Reasons Why You Won't Ever Want to Go Back to XP from Vista - Living with Windows Vista on a daily basis

Releasedfor businesses in November 2006, and for the general public in January2007, Windows Vista is but a couple of days away from passing the firstsix months of availability milestone. The operating system's first halfa year has been everything but an easy ride, with Microsoft strugglingto convince on all the promises it delivered with Vista: security,usability, reliability, increased adoption rate etc. In January 2007,Windows XP became suddenly expired, and was pushed to the background.Vista only has room to grow by eroding the operating system marketshare currently occupied by XP, so Microsoft started drowning XP inVista. Additionally, all other references to future releases under theWindows platform were muted under the reign of Steven Sinofsky, SeniorVice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group.

While XP, Linux and Mac OS X failed to draw the focus away from Vista,Sinofsky's new strategy also aims to keep Windows Vista Service Pack 1and Windows Seven out of the limelight. This is nothing more than amove to underpromise and overachieve, a sort of Sinofsky trademark ifyou will. But the leitmotif can backfire on Microsoft without themarketing approach specific to, let say, Apple and Steve Jobs. So far,it looks like instead of creating an atmosphere of anticipation andmystery, Sinofsky is building nothing more than frustration, and asentiment of paranoia. Windows Seven is planned for 2010, while WindowsVista SP1 could drop after February 2008, with the first public betasometime in November 2007. But all news related to Vista SP1 isspeculation at this point.

Statistics prove that Vista has had little impact on deterring usersaway from Linux and Apple, in the same manner as it did not push newcustomers away from Windows or drive them to adopt a rival platform.According to statistics from Market Share by Net Applications Vista,the various distributions of Linux and Mac OS X are steadily, butsurely on an ascendant trend. Linux accounts for 0.71% of the market,Mac OS has a share of 6% and Vista grew to 4.52% at the end of June with XP down to 81.94%.

Apple is seeing strong sales of its Intel-based platform with theadjacent Mac OS X Tiger. The situation with Linux is a tad moreconfuse, but current market moves from U.S. computer manufacturer Dellare an indication that there is a consistent demand for Linux. AndMicrosoft claims that Windows Vista is selling, and how... Closing inon the first six months on the market, Kevin Turner, Microsoft ChiefOperating Officer revealed at the Financial Analyst Meeting 2007, thatthe company shipped in excess of 60 million licenses for the operatingsystem.

Now, there are those that have been living with Windows Vista since thetime the operating system was still referred to as Longhorn. No lessthan 50 families around the globe participated in a Microsoftexperiment designed to evaluate the platform's readiness for thehousehold. But even outside of Microsoft's small pet project, over 5million beta testers accessed the operating system long before it hitthe shelves. In total, Vista shipped over 60 million licenses, andwhatever your perspective

Mehacomp_91 · Post time 29-7-2007 10:20 PM

Sambungan:

6. The Windows Vista Installation

Installing Windows Vista is nothing like deploying Windows XP. With its latest operating system, Microsoft introduced not only an overhauled boot architecture, but it also revamped the user experience. In this regard, the old Windows XP text based installation is out the door. Vista features its welcoming graphical user interface from the get go enabling even average users to effortlessly deploy the operating system. Although installing Windows XP was not too much of a challenge, it did present some issues. By comparison, Vista makes users feel relaxed as they select the installation options much in the same manner as deploying a usual application. Getting Vista from the media to your machine is no longer the advanced process with XP. And by streamlining the installation, Microsoft made another step closer to making Vista extensively user friendly.

7. Security

I don't know if it's the additional mitigations introduced into the operating system or the obscurity of the market share, but Vista simply makes me feel safe. Microsoft has continually touted the operating system as the most secure Windows platform available on the market, and results, at least in terms of the volume of vulnerabilities impacting Vista, seem to speak for themselves. "Windows Vista is the most secure operating system we've ever released. In the first 180 days we've had far fewer high-severity vulnerabilities than XP. We've had 12 in Vista. We had 25 in XP. And think about the sophistication level of the people that create the vulnerabilities today versus what it was when XP released. It's a far different opportunity today than it was then. Over that same time period, I think you should also note that Windows Vista had far fewer than Apple, as well as any major desktop Linux distributor. And that's something, again, we feel very good about from a security and reliability standpoint. But we're not resting on our laurels; that is something we're going to continue to stay focused on. This is the first operating system we've ever launched with security built in on the front end from a foundation standpoint. And, again, we're going to continue to work on that and improve it as we go forward," Kevin Turner explained.

8. Extensive Personalization

Windows Vista indeed supports an extensive level of user personalization. You will be able to customize the operating system to the point where Vista will look absurd and ridiculous. But such a scenario only underscores the flexibility Microsoft introduced to users with its latest operating system. There is a good reason why right-clicking on the desktop will allow you to access the Personalization option in the contextual menu displayed on the desktop. And there is little limit to the state in which you can render Windows Aero. Of course in this context, although there is a healthy line between customization and deformity, Vista allows you to easily pass to the point of making the user interface virtually unusable.

9. Tuning, Healing and Diagnostics Technologies

"When you think about reliability, Windows Vista has got the built-in tools for diagnostics, backups, self-healing capabilities. Again, it helps increase uptime and lower support costs. And one of the metrics that I wanted to share with you today around this area from a reliability standpoint is that we've had 21 percent fewer support calls per unit shipped than we've had in XP