Written a couple days a go by user “techobservations“:
‘Twas the night before Vista, and all through the room,
no hardware was working , not even a Zune.
“The ‘Wow’ starts now” slogan, kicked off the parade,
with plenty of fools, camped at Comp USA.
I just settled in, for my long evening nap,
wondering how many people, can fall for such crap.
This happens each time, MS goes announcing,
then people find out, it wasn’t worth pouncing.
Remember the versions, of OSs going back,
they weren’t great solutions, but more of a hack.
First there was DOS, then there was Windows,
Bill got the idea, of the GUI from Palo Alto.
Recall the announcement, of joint OS/2,
then Bill stopped working, with good ole Big Blue.
Bill decided on Windows, with version 3-1,
it was just DOS, with a GUI slapped on.
A few years later, was Win 95,
followed by Win 98, then enough of that jive.
Then there was NT, i.e. “New Technology”,
it turned old fast, not the way it was supposed to be.
Next there was simply, Windows 2000,
I guess it was called this, for the new millennium.
Last there was XP, what did it stand for?
Nobody knew, but it was their best OS ever.
Now things are working, as well as they should,
it’s time to replace it, with something that could.
There’s promise upon promise, of a new experience,
a new UI called Aero, and a new instant search.
Then there’s IE7, a sidebar and new security,
something called Flip 3D, and a new photo gallery.
Do these features feel, like they’re imperative must haves?
perhaps I’m a moron, but they kind of make me laugh.
I won’t spend for Aero, because I’m too frugal,
I can get desktop search, from a company called Google.
I already have, IE7 on XP,
the sidebar’s no big deal, do I trust its security?
Will Flip 3D flop, or will it help productivity?
and what’s the big deal, with the new photo gallery?
(I can already remove red eye, with another utility).
So the question to upgrade, has never been answered,
but I’ll tell you the truth, it’s been rather censored.
Technology cycles, are approximately 5 years,
they’re longer of shorter, depending on fears.
If your PC is older, or you simply don’t have one,
buy one with Vista, MS won’t abandon.
But if your PC is younger, than I’d wait a little longer,
give Vista a few years, it will only get stronger.
Vista’s success, will be told over time,
don’t expect many users, to change on the dime.
If your looking for a exacts, then I don’t know how,
in the short term expect, a dud not a pow.
So the biggest effect, of “The ‘Wow’ starts now”,
will not be on users, but instead on the Dow.