What's funny? Do you think there was ever a period in which more people switched to Mac? Please let us know when that was?
Its funny because the original poster seems to think Macs are important players in the space when they are and always will be marginal players compared to big bad Windows PCs.
Well, his claim is true, and if it continues they will start worrying in Redmond, even more than they do already. They released an empty shell of an upgrade (Vista) and now the competition is fully awake. The fact alone that many people are now aware that alternatives exist is a big plus. Even Ubuntu Linux is getting so easier to install than XP nowadays, and technically it was always better already, as OSX is.
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Windows XP could get bigger service boost than Vista By Jessica Mintz Associated Press Article Launched: 12/03/2007 01:35:45 AM PST SEATTLE - Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is about to get faster and Windows Vista isn't, according to a report that caused a stir online this week as industry watchers speculated that a zippier XP could keep customers from upgrading to Vista. Microsoft, however, said it's too early to evaluate the two service packs it plans to release next year. Early versions are already in the hands of testers like Devil Mountain Software, which helps big financial services companies track trading-floor computer performance. Wellington, Fla.-based Devil Mountain Software ran several versions of XP and Vista through a test simulating common desktop computing tasks. It found the original Vista performed 50 percent to 100 percent slower than the prevalent XP Service Pack 2, or SP2. Vista SP1, due out in the first quarter of next year, barely improved the operating system's performance. But XP SP3, scheduled for the first half of next year, did improve on XP's earlier performance, running 10 percent faster than SP2. That's a strike against Vista for IT professionals on the fence about switching, according to Craig Barth, the company's chief technology officer. Kevin Kutz, director of Microsoft's Windows Client group, said the company is working on speeding up tasks like moving files between PCs, but it's a work in progress. Michael Cherry, an analyst for research group Directions on Microsoft, said it's impossible Advertisement to say whether Microsoft has started tuning Vista SP1 for speed. Even if XP gets faster, consumers and businesses may still switch to Vista. "It might be an acceptable thing to me if it were slightly slower but more stable," Cherry said. Benjamin Gray, an analyst for Forrester Research, said businesses will upgrade to Vista regardless, to "stay current with Microsoft's support life cycle."
Windows XP could get bigger service boost than Vista By Jessica Mintz Associated Press Article Launched: 12/03/2007 01:35:45 AM PST SEATTLE - Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is about to get faster and Windows Vista isn't, according to a report that caused a stir online this week as industry watchers speculated that a zippier XP could keep customers from upgrading to Vista. Microsoft, however, said it's too early to evaluate the two service packs it plans to release next year. Early versions are already in the hands of testers like Devil Mountain Software, which helps big financial services companies track trading-floor computer performance. Wellington, Fla.-based Devil Mountain Software ran several versions of XP and Vista through a test simulating common desktop computing tasks. It found the original Vista performed 50 percent to 100 percent slower than the prevalent XP Service Pack 2, or SP2. Vista SP1, due out in the first quarter of next year, barely improved the operating system's performance. But XP SP3, scheduled for the first half of next year, did improve on XP's earlier performance, running 10 percent faster than SP2. That's a strike against Vista for IT professionals on the fence about switching, according to Craig Barth, the company's chief technology officer. Kevin Kutz, director of Microsoft's Windows Client group, said the company is working on speeding up tasks like moving files between PCs, but it's a work in progress. Michael Cherry, an analyst for research group Directions on Microsoft, said it's impossible Advertisement to say whether Microsoft has started tuning Vista SP1 for speed. Even if XP gets faster, consumers and businesses may still switch to Vista. "It might be an acceptable thing to me if it were slightly slower but more stable," Cherry said. Benjamin Gray, an analyst for Forrester Research, said businesses will upgrade to Vista regardless, to "stay current with Microsoft's support life cycle."
>the original Vista performed 50 percent to 100 percent slower So when 100% slower, it didn't even move....
If you want bells and whistles without all the problems try out the transformation pack. It will make XP look like Vista for far less resource consumption. http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16045 If you want a better firewall than Vista offers get Comodo 2.4 (V3 is new and buggy still) http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
it should work fine. But is definetly not as clean and lean as XPPSP2 for a trading platform. It has a better driver database than regular XP Pro but needs to be updated or BSODS can be common. It is to bloaty for me. But it takes less resources than Vista to run everything. And there are no hardware compatibiity issues as with Vista.