Recently, foreign media revealed 10 advice from an analyst at Microsoft on Microsoft's development of Windows Vista. These 10 recommendations include:
1. Windows Vista must be superior to Windows XP as a whole. Microsoft has been launching XP for many years. This version is considered a model of "very good" system because of its stability and excellent performance. Vista must upgrade the existing established market as a whole to achieve the "Wow" promised later. In fact, Vista is not that good.
2. Vista will miss a massive PC upgrade cycle. A large-scale enterprise PC upgrade cycle began in 2004 and continued into mid-2006. In early 2006, I warned Microsoft executives that Vista was released too late. In fact, large-scale PC upgrades were coming to an end, but sales in the computer market remained good, and quite a few users were already keen on portable laptops. Many companies choose to install Windows XP instead of Vista in these new notebooks.
3. Windows Vista Home Basic is too Basic. I strongly advised Microsoft not to release this version at any price, but Microsoft executives insisted that OEMs need to prepare some cheap Vista versions for some cheap PCs. However, the Basic version is at the same price point as the XP Home Edition and offers less performance. I call this version "hidden price increases." In fact, the demand for Vista Home Basic is very limited.
4. Call it Windows Basic. I strongly advised Microsoft to remove Vista from the name of this product (Vista Home Basic). I warned that Basic may affect the impression that Vista brings to people, which may lead to the classification of this version to a lower level. I even bet with Microsoft product manager for $100, Windows Basic may become the default name for this version. In fact, other issues affect every Vista version, such as program compatibility issues, driver compatibility issues, and so on.
5. Vista has kept a lot of Windows Me stuff. I had dinner with several Vista user interface designers at the end of 2006, when I had been using the Vista beta for almost 10 months. I have no intention to tell them that there are two in Microsoft's operating system. I have used it for a long time, but I don't like it at all. One is Windows Me and the other is Windows Vista. Undoubtedly, my heart is simply a satire and insult to the Vista UI design. In fact, some critics have pointed out that Vista is simply Windows Me II.
6. A Vista version is enough. I strongly recommended that Microsoft implement a versioning strategy. After all, Windows is not a toothpaste. In fact, the OEM market has formed a widely unified version of the market, and consumers tend to use Vista Home Premium.
7. The SKU and Windows Experience Index should be split. WEI may confuse Vista users because WEI ratings can be inconsistent with certain versions. In fact, the WEI rating will be very low even on Vista Ultimate.
8. Vista requires too much. The first Vista test version I got was in February 2006, and the WEI Experience Index was 2.0, medium or higher. I was told that Vista has very little demand for electricity. In fact, OEMs say that Vista is a veritable "electric tiger."
9. The idea of Windows Vista Capable is very bad. I want to ask, why does Microsoft need two Vista logo solutions? The meaning of Capable and Ready is not only similar but also very confusing. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not discuss the logo scheme with me.
10. Vista security brings higher complexity and lower operability. I have always criticized UAC user account control and IE warnings. I think that Microsoft makes Vista more difficult to use than XP, and the operating experience for all users is even worse. In fact, UAC warnings have plagued the ease of use of the operation and caused more trouble. The new user rights mechanism also affects the use of many programs.