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To put that in perspective, Windows 7 and Snow Leopard were released to manufacturing at about the same time, and that ~4 years is roughly 25% of the time that
by Encosia 13y ago
To put that in perspective, Windows 7 and Snow Leopard were released to manufacturing at about the same time, and that ~4 years is roughly 25% of the time that Microsoft supported Windows XP.
I'm biased, but that kind of organization-wide upgrade treadmill would be a nonstarter with most of my clients (ranging from small-business to enterprise). Strange move by Apple if they hope to challenge Microsoft's lion share of PCs in business.
- chrisbolt 13y agoTo put your comment into perspective, Vista came out almost 6 years after XP and was a disaster. The next usable (and far more widely adopted) release, Windows 7, came out 8 years after XP. Apple, on the other hand, has a far more rapid release cycle which tends to not break things as much. It's a strange move by Microsoft for them to make huge changes every 5 years, rather than small ones every year or two like Apple. It's much easier to adapt to change incrementally.
- Encosia 13y agoIf Apple's strategy is so sound and Microsoft's is so flawed, why did all of OS X combined never even manage to crack 50% of Vista's peak user base, according to global web stats[0] over that period? Frankly, I have a hard time believing anyone technically minded really believes Vista was a disaster. Windows 7 was essentially Vista SP3, but people finally had decent hardware by that time and it seemed to be an improvement. [0]: http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-os-ww-monthly-200807-201402 http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-os-ww-monthly-200807-2014...