“In one of the new ‘Get a Mac’ ads on television, PC appears wearing a hospital gown, prompting Apple to ask if he’s going in for a check-up. ‘Well,’ PC says, ‘I’m upgrading to Vista today, which is great, but I get a little nervous when they mess around with my insides,'” Roulla Yiacoumi reports for The Sydney Morning Herald.
“Apple fans may have a bit of a chuckle but early adopters who rushed out and bought Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista, as well as more system and graphics memory, have failed to see the funny side,” Yiacoumi reports.
Yiacoumi reports, “Since Vista was launched on January 30, its creator has been racking up negative commentary. ‘Utterly unimaginative, internally discordant and woefully out of tune,’ was the verdict at Forbes.com… ‘Not yet ready for prime time,’ USA Today wrote… Paul Randle, Microsoft Australia’s consumer audience marketing manager, says Vista has been received ‘phenomenally well’ since its launch a month ago. ‘We completely refute the product wasn’t ready. Negative feedback has been in the minority.'”
MacDailyNews Note: We interrupt this article for a reality break. Related articles pertaining to Microsoft’s Windows Vista “phenomenal” reception:
Network World: Need a new PC for Vista? Switching to Mac may cost less and give you more – March 16, 2007
BusinessWeek: Microsoft’s Windows Vista is ‘slow and dangerous’ – March 15, 2007
Analyst: Microsoft’s Windows Vista is very good for Apple Mac – March 13, 2007
Windows sufferer spends six hours trying to ‘upgrade’ to Vista, says: ‘I should’ve bought a Mac’ – February 07, 2007
Windows Vista woes push BBC News editor to regret never having ‘defected’ to Apple Mac – February 06, 2007
Digit: Don’t buy Vista; Microsoft may be driving millions to stick with XP or move to Apple Mac – February 05, 2007
TIME Magazine: Microsoft’s Windows Vista ‘an embarassment to the good name of American innovation’ – February 02, 2007
Microsoft’s Windows Vista: Five years for a chrome-plated turd – January 30, 2007
Digit: ‘Microsoft’s Windows Vista may be the best reason yet to buy an Apple Mac’ – January 29, 2007
Pioneer Press: Windows Vista shows ‘Apple is an innovation engine; Microsoft, not so much’ – January 29, 2007
Windows Vista disappoints, so get a Mac – January 29, 2007
Analyst: Microsoft’s Windows Vista could be an opportunity for Apple – January 26, 2007
CNET Reviews Windows Vista: Is that all? Clunky and not very intuitive vs. Mac OS X; warmed-over XP – January 24, 2007
Mossberg: Microsoft’s Windows Vista offers lesser imitations of Apple’s Mac OS X features – January 18, 2007
Windows Vista disappointment drives longtime ‘Microsoft apologist’ to Apple’s Mac OS X – January 17, 2007
InformationWeek Review: Apple’s Mac OS X shines in comparison with Microsoft’s Windows Vista – January 06, 2007
NY Times’ Pogue reviews Microsoft’s Windows Vista: ‘Looks, Locks, Lacks’ – December 14, 2006
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is basically Microsoft’s version of Mac OS 9.3 – October 11, 2006
Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard is 64-bit done right, unlike Microsoft’s Windows Vista kludge – August 14, 2006
Microsoft Windows Vista: If you can’t innovate… try to impersonate Apple’s Mac OS X – August 10, 2006
Analyst: Apple’s new Mac OS X Leopard sets new bar, leaves Microsoft’s Vista in the dust – August 08, 2006
Microsoft botches another copy job: Windows Vista Flip3D vs. Apple Mac OS X Exposé – June 26, 2006
Windows Vista rips-off Mac OS X at great hardware cost (and Apple gains in the end) – June 13, 2006
Computerworld: Microsoft Windows Vista a distant second-best to Apple Mac OS X – June 02, 2006
Yiacoumi continues, “Gartner is predicting that by 2010, 72 per cent of machines sold to consumers will come with Vista. And the rest? ‘Seven to 10 per cent will have Mac, less than 3 per cent will have Linux and the rest [15 per cent] will be people downgrading Vista to XP,’ Martin Gilliland, research director at Gartner, says. Sounds like a cue for another Mac ad.”
Full article here.
Related articles:
Windows expert dumps Windows, switches to Apple’s Mac OS X, finds software plentiful – March 12, 2007
InfoWorld: 9,000 people switch to Apple Mac every day (plus testing ‘Embrace and Extinguish’) – February 28, 2007
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen switches to Apple Mac – February 28, 2007
Computerworld: Windows expert dumps Windows, switches to Apple’s Mac OS X – February 08, 2007
Embrace and Extinguish in action: TechIQ’s ‘The VAR Guy’ dumps Windows, switches to Mac OS X – September 25, 2006
Bill Gates unhinged with Apple envy; Microsoft on path to become high profile casualty – February 06, 2007
Apple takes dead aim at Microsoft’s Windows Vista in latest ‘Get a Mac’ ad (with video) – February 06, 2007
Bill Gates has lost his mind: calls Apple liars, copiers; slams Mac OS X security vs. Windows – February 02, 2007
Those unfamiliar with Apple’s Mac OS X may be impressed with Windows Vista – January 29, 2007
Microsoft emails reveal serious Mac OS X Tiger envy – January 26, 2007
A Windows expert opts for a Mac life, finds the experience ‘superb’ – December 07, 2006
15-year Windows vet tries Apple Mac: ‘My God! This is amazing!’ – December 04, 2006
Dave Winer: ‘Microsoft isn’t an innovator, and never was – they are always playing catch-up’ – December 01, 2006
Harvard Medical School CIO picks Mac OS X over Linux and Windows – November 30, 2006
A Windows expert opts for a Mac life – November 06, 2006
Apple Macs can run more software than Windows PCs – October 30, 2006
Apple does it again: New Macbook Pros much cheaper than Dell – October 25, 2006
Embrace and Extinguish in action: TechIQ’s ‘The VAR Guy’ dumps Windows, switches to Mac OS X – September 25, 2006
Top Windows developer dumps Microsoft’s ‘pile of crap’ for Apple’s Mac OS X – September 12, 2006
$399 for Windows Vista Ultimate?! (Hint: Get a Mac) – August 29, 2006
Thurrott pits Apple Mac Pro vs. similarly configured Dell, figures out the Mac is less expensive – August 18, 2006
Dude, you got a Dell? What are you, stupid? Only Apple Macs run both Mac OS X and Windows! – April 05, 2006
Apple Macintosh simply does more and costs less than Windows PCs – February 14, 2006
Defending Windows over Mac a sign of mental illness – December 20, 2003
The sad thing is that Microsoft won’t care if people downgrade to XP from Vista since it means they will still have sold a copy of Vista in the first place.
I wonder if any senior people in the company are considering the option to start over from scratch.
you are missing the point. the feedback has been mostly positive.
negative feedback is when someone dies due to the OS.
magic word “boy” monkey boy has some chairs to throw.
That would be a hilarious ad: have PC DOWNGRADE from Vista to XP, claiming all the negative things about it. HA HA HA
VISTA stands for;
Virus Inside Switch To Apple
triangletire….Well said!!! I will have to remember that one!
I like a bit of schadenfreude when it comes to MS, but I’m not delusional. They’re going to make it better with time.
@triangletire
You owe me a new keyboard
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MW: planning: as in “Proper Planning Prevents Piss-poor Performance”
=:~)
How bout that Bill Gates
When have they ever made it better with time? With every revision comes the promise that the next one will be better. This one is just the warm up.
Vista is the virus. Mac is the antivirus.
Was reading a review of Vista from a long time mac user on Appleinsider and he makes some interesting and non-fanboyish analyses. Note, I said “better,” not necessarily all that great. As a tool XP has its merits, so does Vista, I’m sure.
We get back to peoples’ expectations– Apple users tend to expect more from their OS than traditional Windows users. Hopefully, that’s changing…
So you’re saying that in 2010, XP will have a bigger market share than OS X?
I laugh. ;P
downgrade from vista? how? when they upgrade it invalidates the xp code so they can!
in the words of general ackbar “it’s a trap!”
I do have to use both platforms due to some proprietary Windows only software required for work. However, I severely doubt I’ll ever upgrade to Vista since what I need to use for work runs just fine in Windows 2000 running in Parallels Desktop. Very few people at all will ever actually NEED Vista anytime soon…
MattyG – Corporate customers have down grade rights, they could install a volume license copy of XP.
ChrissyOne – It takes some companies years to upgrade, and they usually buy PCs and downgrade. So yeah XP will probably have a larger market share than MacOS. In fact I think 15% is too low a number (maybe 30-40%). Several companies and government agencies have said they are not upgrading to Vista, so when they buy a new PC, they would downgrade.
MDN you forgot one in your list. Scoble, Microsoft Sucks!
That was another one you could add to your list of how wonderful a reception (NOT!) Vista is since its release. Maybe Australia got a different version than the rest of us.
‘Have they ever made in better with time?’
Oh, come on now. Just over 5 years after XP’s release, XP Pro SP2 with 2 or three anti-virus programs running is quite usable. Solitaire just rocks on it.
I am sure that in 5 years, Vista SP3 with third party anti-virus programs will make Solitaire rock just as hard.
“You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?”
> I like a bit of schadenfreude when it comes to MS, but I’m not delusional. They’re going to make it better with time.
Don’t count on it. Expect only marginal improvements, each with their own issues, as the problems seem structural. Vista is a train-wreck that has contributed to a blip in eBay sales of late model PCs with XP. Microsoft should start again from scratch or bring back XP to improve short-term revenue.
That has a nice wring to it, triangletire: Virus Inside, Switch to Mac. Many are, it seems, and Apple is releasing their ads around the world in encouragement.
I noticed that the folders in Vista are upside down. I think microsoft use some special proprietary technolgy to keep the files from falling out of them.
Maybe, able should just buy up SCO (especially now that they’re about to loose the case against IBM) and resurrect MS Xenix and run XP virtualized.
Seriously, I think Window’s architecture is fundamentally flawed and patching it up with UAC, Data Execution Prevention, OneCare, Defender, etc. only makes things worse.
They should have the guts to hit the big reset button and start from scratch. They certainly have the money to do so.
Of course, by doing so, MS risks loosing legions to Mac/Linux while they basically try do a Unix me too. Its basically a tacit admission that the Windows architecture is at a dead-end.
I don’t know what’s sadder honestly:
• That Microsoft spent BILLIONS of dollars, THOUSANDS of man-hours, and took OVER FIVE YEARS to deliver a half-baked, warmed over, might as well be XP SP3 operating system.
OR
• That SO MANY PEOPLE will buy and use, or be forced to use (either by work or because they’re tied to MS’s proprietary developer tools) this disgusting example of ignorance and misdirection.
What’s more is that it will take MS at least another year to work out the problems that plague users— problems that are evident and prominent today!
Despite the fact that I despise just about everything Microsoft does or has done, I never thought it would ever be this bad. Windows Vista doesn’t even deserve to be called an operating system. PC users would be better off sticking with 2000 or XP than “upgrading” to Vista.
It’s truly a pity, and I feel bad for anyone who has to be subjected to using this poor excuse for a product.
Buying new PCs and downgrading is not the answer; it’s still giving Microsoft money and in turn is stifling competition and innovation. If people want a difference, they need to make the move to OS X or Linux— if enough people move to the better alternatives then software developers will be forced to port their Windows-only software to other operating systems to stay competitive and on the ball.
Remember, the more switchers, the faster we get to the tipping point and eventual dramatic decline…
MW: With Fear and Uncertainty, Doubt <i>always<i> goes along with it.
Ever not notice how much you type until you submit it?
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Based on sales of new desktop PC’s since its release, Vista already has a larger installed base than Mac OS X.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Apple Illusion hosted by MDN where there’s a large Windows Vista advertisement plastered right alongside the text box I’m typing in.