Sunday, July 20, 2008

So many users, so little time to complain


After conducting a (non-scientific) survey of Vista users, based on the evidence shown in the real world (libraries, cafés, public transportation, households, workplaces, etc.) it is fair to say that Windows Vista is already everywhere. I divided the group of Vista users and would-be users in four main categories: Power users (the ones who use their computer for more than playing solitaire, browsing the web and emailing); Die-hard XP users (this group includes those who failed to make Vista work, simply because their lack of knowledge and/or their lack of good hardware, and those who refuse to even try because they already "know" [Vista] is not worthy); Unsuspecting users (those who don't even know they are running Vista, because, like many car drivers out there, they're not supposed to know much about the car they driving and have usually null knowledge of what is under the hood); and last but not least "Users" of other Operating systems (who, like Die-hard XP users, "already know" it is not worth trying, and who categorically refuse to use anything that comes from MS, and others who at least tried). How do I know? Well, this is just my "illustrated" opinion. My figures are 10, 30, 58 and 2%, respectively.

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