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Is Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Vista computer operating system really that bad? According to PC World, the five-year, $5 billion operating system from the world's largest software company was the tech industry's "worst disappointment of 2007." Ouch.

Although a statement like that will surely get readers fired up on both sides, users of the Vista operating system have to ask: is it really that bad? Although many of the changes in the Vista operating system are "under the hood" and not really all that recognizable to the average PC user, the brunt of criticism about Windows Vista is the 5 years and nearly $5 billion spent on the operating system. And so the question is asked: is this the best Microsoft could do?

Sure, the requirements of a PC to run Windows Vista at optimum speeds are quite a bit higher than from the older Windows XP, but that means Windows Vista on recent PCs will perform much slower than on brand-new machines. Is that a fault? Depends on your point of view. How about the non-compatibility of older software with the newer Vista operating system? Is that a disappointment? Perhaps, perhaps not. How about the costs for Windows Vista outside of having it installed on a newer PC? $199 and up -- is that too high of a cost for what is being perceived by many customers and reviewers as a "minor upgrade?" What's your take?

[Via Engadget]

[Disclosure: I own MSFT shares as of 12-18-07]

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microsoft chart, end of day may 2, 2006As Microsoft shareholders let out a gigantic sigh that erased $2.8 billion in market cap, the company's stock flirted with its 52-week low of $24.00 during the afternoon. It finally closed just barely above that solid line, at $24.01.

Contributing to the terrible performance and two-and-a-half-times-average volume: the prediction by Gartner that Microsoft's latest and greatest (?) operating system, Vista, might be delayed another three months. According to one Microsoft employee, it's so not true, and Microsoft insists that it will still make the November 2006 (volume license customers) and January 2007 (everybody else) launch dates. Shareholders? Clearly are not drinking the Kool-aid.

Say it with me [long deep breath] ***SIGH***.

Microsoft after the bell 5-02-06: Vista delayed, stock price hits floor originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 02 May 2006 16:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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