Posted on 12/19/2001 2:35:44 PM PST by Bush2000
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:45:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Retail sales of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP product continue to lag behind sales of its predecessor, Windows 98, raising questions about whether the new software will help lift the personal-computer industry out of its doldrums, as many had hoped. Still, analysts don't expect the lackluster performance to crimp Microsoft's quarterly profit.
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OMG. I don't understand this. I don't have a spare six hours to "play" with getting my computer set up. These threads make me an even happier Mac user. OS X was installed in minutes and is extremely stable. It's like the MS OS users have a "Kick Me" sign on their backs.....
I suppose I must've missed the real tenor of the conversation, the thread's "title" aside: I didn't realize that we were just talking about "home users". In that context, then you're right: Win2K wasn't really marketed to the home user. More knowledgable users DID go to Win2K, though......and I've personally been very, very impressed with it (well, Win2K w/Service Pack 2, that is; quite solid). XP seems to be terrific for home users, especially those who are less technologically savvy (the overwhelming majority of new features in XP? Win2K users were already there.............). From what I've seen of XP, it's.........um..............pretty, I guess, but offers me no real reason to "upgrade" from Win2K Professional.
Between crap like that and the licensing nightmare that Microsoft seems intent on creating, you'd think that people would be hesitant to pour more money down the Microsoft rat hole.
But then again, those are as good of reasons as I can think of why their sales figures for XP aren't all that great.
Knitebane
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