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The era when anything that MS put out was an instant success is over. When was that era? The same year MS shipped Win95 they also shipped BOB. XP and Vista b
by kenjackson 14y ago
The era when anything that MS put out was an instant success is over.
When was that era? The same year MS shipped Win95 they also shipped BOB.
XP and Vista both started slowly and of course ME never sold well.
The difference now isn't that Win8 isn't an instant success, but rather there are other products that are.
The underlying difference is that Win8s competition are actual competitors rather than simply the previous version of Windows.
- r00fus 14y agoWin2k was a pretty nice OS for it's time. Microsoft was still hitting on all cylinders despite flops like ME. Figures, it's when BillG handed the reins over.
- bjustin 14y agoWindows 7's success throws people off. I would guess that XP's age (and Vista's perceived flaws) lead to an unusually large number of tech-savvy people quickly upgrading to 7. The same people would encourage others to upgrade as well, if only for the security benefits. Windows 8 does not give the technically inclined as much reason to upgrade. And as you say, Windows 8 has actual competition, among them the much simpler to use iPad.