Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Microsoft Windows Vista

Image hosted by TinyPic.com
ExtremeTech has the first really good set of screenshots that show what we can expect from the next version of Windows (coming out in Q4 2006).

On a side note, Internet Explorer 7 (due to be released before Vista) will not be backwards-compatibile with any OS before XP. Since 45% of IE users are not using XP (98, ME, and 2000 still have plenty of users), they will have to get next-generation browsing software from somewhere other than Microsoft, which opens a big opportunity for Firefox, Opera, and other 3rd party browsers.

1 comment:

JNB said...

I took a look at the screenshots. It looks nice- but will it be worth the money? I'm quite happy with XP. Will this do anything really special for me. Also,I hope Firefox and Opera take advantage of the opportunity that IE7 is giving them.