Comments on: Maybe It’s Not the Pirates http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Anonymous http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2996 Anonymous Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:09:32 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2996 Oh and I forgot to mention.... flip3d... please, I am not a mac guy but I have seen way better animation and eye candy from mac when it comes to that type of thing (I wonder if Microsoft got the idea for Flip3D from a product like Mac's Time Machine restoration tool. Hmmmm) Oh and I forgot to mention…. flip3d… please, I am not a mac guy but I have seen way better animation and eye candy from mac when it comes to that type of thing (I wonder if Microsoft got the idea for Flip3D from a product like Mac’s Time Machine restoration tool. Hmmmm)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2995 Anonymous Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:06:16 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2995 You just have to appeal to the techies these days when it comes to operating systems. They are the ones that review the product on websites, they are the ones that make suggestions, and they are often ones that like to blog about tech related items. The rest of the public has been reading the posts and reviews and seen the warnings that it isn't compatible with many software products right now, drivers are at a premium for hardware, there are no really big features other than eye candy, and the public is willing to wait for their next pc to have it. I just think that Microsoft dropped most of the horsepower behind the product when they got rid of WinFS and the other items. I think they should have probably waited a few more months if it meant they could get some additional worthwhile features in it. Even if they were under pressure to release it. You just have to appeal to the techies these days when it comes to operating systems. They are the ones that review the product on websites, they are the ones that make suggestions, and they are often ones that like to blog about tech related items.

The rest of the public has been reading the posts and reviews and seen the warnings that it isn’t compatible with many software products right now, drivers are at a premium for hardware, there are no really big features other than eye candy, and the public is willing to wait for their next pc to have it.

I just think that Microsoft dropped most of the horsepower behind the product when they got rid of WinFS and the other items. I think they should have probably waited a few more months if it meant they could get some additional worthwhile features in it. Even if they were under pressure to release it.

]]> By: Dead Robot http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2990 Dead Robot Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:32:41 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/02/20/maybe-its-not-the-pirates/#comment-2990 I tried to purchase a copy of XP last weekend and came back from the big retailers with empty hands. In one downtown store I found a display box back way behind the Vista hype and took it to the counter to be told that Microsoft had pulled all their stock of XP. Personally, Vista stinks of ME, but with less bugs. I tried to purchase a copy of XP last weekend and came back from the big retailers with empty hands. In one downtown store I found a display box back way behind the Vista hype and took it to the counter to be told that Microsoft had pulled all their stock of XP.

Personally, Vista stinks of ME, but with less bugs.

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