Friday, 30 June 2006

Chris Pirillo on why Vista will only help increase A le's market share

Chris Pirillo is the quinte ential Windows fa oy. Why then does he make such a strong case that A le will only be aided by Microsoft's Vista? In the current i ue of Computer Power User, Chris nails Microsoft on all the reaso Microsoft's current and upcoming offerings are simply too little, too late.

From Firefox making inroads on Internet Explorer's turf and Google to ling M Search to Vista's exorbitant pricing scheme and release candidates failing to impre , Chris says he's finally almost ready to leave Microsoft behind and make the switch with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. On Leopard, he says "it looks clean and elegant. It comes with all the software and services the average user could ever want. It ru on the same hardware. A system will be able to dual-boot between OS X and Windows, and pricing is no longer astronomical. But most importantly? With its UI inco istencies, Vista feels completely schizophrenic, and that's enough of a reason for anybody to leave Windows in the dust-just like they left M Search and IE."

Welcome to the table, Chris. We've been saving a seat for you.

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