Vista’s woes, and a solution

This hasn’t been a great week for Microsoft’s Vista operating system. First it was disclosed that Windows XP is now twice as fast as Vista:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Trounces Vista In Speed Tests

Then there was the CNET Top Ten Terrible Tech Products award:

Top ten terrible tech products

Its incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade, are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list.

OK, so Vista is bad. Microsoft will have to work on a new operating system. What is it that we are all looking for? Microsoft should use this as the blueprint for its next OS:

If they delivered that, everyone would be happy.

PS - Apparently Leopard is no better: Leopard is the New Vista, and It’s Pissing Me Off