Microsoft to offer 6 versions of Windows Vista system
Golly, imagine my excitement when my clients upgrade to six different versions of Windows. This opens whole new, er, Vistas of support nightmares as now there will be multiple versions of Windows, all no doubt with different (and gaping) security holes, their own quirks, and of course the joy of converting from XP to the new OS.
Will all third-party programs work on all versions of Vista? Will the versions play well with each other? How different are they and what kind of training will be needed to understand them? Will existing programs, ones that run just fine now in XP, run on the six versions of Vista? There’s many uncertanties here.
Plus, Microsoft likes to let the general public be their beta testers. Not me. We have four XP computers in our home office, I’ll not be upgrading until months after the release, after they have the inevitable bugs fixed, and more importantly, when there’s a real reason to upgrade.
Microsoft says Vista will be more secure. ‘Bout time.
What’s needed is one version of an operating system that just simply works.
Long time Mac user and City of Santa Monica Council member Kevin McKeown summed it up in a comment on my main blog.
Stability, security, and no spyware — if only Mac was a form of government.
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