ITworld.com - porqué Windows XP debe estar disponible hasta Windows 7
Ponga Reisinger, ITworld.com
Como el sistema operativo más prominente del mundo, Windows ha dominado la industria del tech para bien sobre una década y sus competidores - OS X del Mac y Linux - tienen no pudieron ganar la clase de penetración Microsoft tienen.
Pero desde entonces los días de Windows 98, nos han forzado ocuparnos de una ciénaga de las ediciones de Windows que han plagado a individuos y a compañías igualmente. En vez de ser el OS altamente intuitivo del Mac del sistema operativo X está, Windows llegó a ser hinchado y difícil de utilizar. En vez de ofrecer funcionalidad y customizability sanos tenga gusto de Linux, Windows hizo absolutamente el contrario.
Para hacer materias peores, los hackers y los spammers malévolos comenzaron a desarrollar una ciénaga de los ataques que probaron mortal a los sistemas de Windows. Respondiendo demasiado tarde, Microsoft ha permitido que la edición de seguridad se convierta en tal preocupación que algo ha emigrado a otros sistemas operativos. ¿Y quién puede culparlos? Con Microsoft haciendo muy poco para protegerlos, la decisión se parecía absolutamente simple.
Pero para todas sus ediciones, Windows XP seguía siendo un sistema operativo relativamente confiable después de que el paquete 2 del servicio fuera lanzado. Una vez que estuvo instalado, SP2 ofreciera la clase de funcionalidad y de seguridad la cual habíamos esperado y aunque había preocupaciones inmóviles de la seguridad, el sistema operativo trabajado mucho mejor que cualesquiera de sus precursores y sentido finalmente tenido para los negocios y los individuos semejantes.
Y en el momento en que XP estaba en su altura, Microsoft decidía a caer Windows Vista en nosotros, demandando “la ululación ahora estaba.” Tristemente, la compañía no pudo realizar que la única “ululación” que salía de las bocas de la mayoría de la gente fue seguida por algo como, “qué un sistema operativo crappy.”
Esencialmente, Vista no es nada más que un OS bonito que pierda cualquier sentido de la confiabilidad y de los reignites que sensación inquieta que conseguí al usar XP SP1. Por supuesto, Microsoft no conviene.
Según la compañía, Vista fue diseñada con seguridad, buenas miradas y funcionalidad en mente. En vez de ser una copia de XP, Vista tiene las miradas finas de OS X del Mac y de la utilidad que habíamos venido esperar de su precursor. Tristemente, el equipo de la comercialización debe haber faltado la nota porque no he experimentado cualquier cosa de la clase.
Hagámosle frente - Windows Vista es chatarra en casi cada sentido de la palabra. Seguro, es el mirar mejor que XP y yo tenemos gusto del aero- interfaz de Windows, pero qué realmente importa es como de bien el sistema operativo se realiza en las tareas nosotros pide de él. Y hasta ahora, ha fallado desgraciadamente.
How many times have you used Vista only to find out that it's basically the same bloated operating system with awkward warnings and crazy dialog boxes? Vista is easily the most annoying operating system I have ever used.
Just last week, I tried to install a Microsoft software package. After going through all the rigmarole of validating my copy and making sure Microsoft knows what I'm doing is legit, the operating system's new User Access Control, which was ostensibly installed to safe guard me, asked me five times if I wanted to install the program and if I had initiated the process.
Once I got through that annoyance, I sat there and waited for the program to install and watched as my brand-new operating system on a high-end PC slowed to a crawl trying to perform a simple task. Of course, that issue isn't just found during installation; the restart times are ridiculous and the chances of getting something done in a reasonable amount of time are all but lost. Simply put, Vista is brutally slow.
And yet, none of these issues are experienced in XP. Aside from being asked once if I want to install something, XP boots up in a jiffy and works just as I had hoped it would.
But in true Microsoft fashion, the company wants to stop licensing Windows XP to OEMs by June 30. According to the company, it's time we move on from XP and join the Vista world. It makes sense from a business standpoint - Microsoft spent millions developing Vista and it wants to cash in on its investment. But what about those of us who don't want to move to the junker? What if we want to stick it out with the tried and true XP?
Even worse, after releasing XP Service Pack 3, I really don't see a reason to switch. SP3 included all of the added security benefits of owning Vista and did so without slowing the OS down or making it annoying to use. In other words, the better OS just got better.
Of course, Microsoft knows the general public can't stand Vista. After trying to deal with companies like Acer and Dell that forced the organization to push the end-of-licensing date back, it was forced to manage retailers that simply didn't want to sell Vista in their stores and businesses that were loath to switch.
In response, the company has already started the propaganda machine for Windows 7 - Vista's follow-up - and told the world just how "special" it will be. But to me, it looks like a desperate move.
Instead of telling us how it will fix Vista and make it a worthwhile product, it's as if Microsoft wants us to believe that the operating system is a bridge to greatness and we should swallow our reservations and walk across that bridge because the pleasure will surely be worth the pain.
What a crock. Instead of wasting our time with hope for the future, Microsoft should keep XP alive until Windows 7 and allow the users to choose which software they want to use. At this point, Microsoft needs to realize that consumers want reliability and hate the thought of being forced into another crappy product. And although monetary concerns are obviously a factor for the company, just how much money will Microsoft lose if people realize how poor of an operating system Vista really is and they switch to competing platforms without ever taking a look back?
Trust me, allowing XP to stay available is good for all parties involved.
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