Bill & XP’s Windows Closed

This week marked two developments for Microsoft, and both of them were monumental : Bill Gates called it quits (apparently), and XP was forced to call it quits…

The former World’s Richest Man will still be the associated with MS, but would divert his energy to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He, who inspite of being on top of the world has pledged all but 1% of his wealth to humanity, was a great man indeed. Though many would call him a pilferer for ‘stealing’ Apple’s ideas, but he was the man who made all the difference to our worlds… Imagine going 100 miles to a University or Lab to gain access to Internet!! He brought the PCs within our reach, and made the software industry what it is.

And now to the second one :

Microsoft won’t be marketing any new XPs in the main market after they took it off the shelves on 30th June, and so forcing new buyers to go with Vista. Many people see this as a bad thing, giving ‘lame’ reasons like Slower OS, new interface, and even AERO!! Isn’t it ridiculous how people go on cursing Microsoft for all of their curses, but still not move on to Linux so quickly?

I myself have used Vista for a month now, and it is very stable… Not crashed on me once… And about hardware problems : They have largely been resolved by SP1… And Vista is not a very BIG memory hog… 1 GB is sufficient, but 2-3 gigs would be great. About the rearrangement of items like in Start Menu and Menu Bar (in folders), I can say that it has been made much cleaner and easier, add to that the excellent readability and usability, here is a very good OS.. Just marred by bad publicity…

Take my word : If you hate it, Give Vista a try and you’ll feel different.