Five reasons for dialysis of Windows Vista failure

TechWeb Editor recommends: Windows Vista kernel version number is Windows NT 6.0, as the name suggests, compared to Windows NT 5.0 Windows XP, the kernel is almost All rewritten and brought a lot of new features. On January 30, 2007, Microsoft officially released Windows Vista.

Windows Vista adds hundreds of new features to Windows XP, including a new graphical user interface called "Aero", a Windows Searching service, and a new multimedia authoring tool. (eg Windows DVD Maker), as well as redesigned network, audio, output (print) and display subsystems. Windows Vista also uses peer-to-peer technology to enhance the communication capabilities of computer systems in the home network, making it easier to share files and multimedia content between different computers or devices. For developers, Windows Vista uses the .NET Framework version 3.0, which allows developers to write high-quality programs more easily than the traditional Windows API. Microsoft is also improving the security of Vista. Vista has added user management mechanism (UAC) and built-in malware killer (Windows Defender) than Windows XP.

The public reputation of Windows Vista is described as “indiscriminate” and the IT departments of most companies have not considered using the Vista operating system. According to a 2008 survey by market research firm Forrester, as of June 2008 (the 18th month after the launch of Vista), only 8.8% of corporate computers worldwide were running Windows Vista. What is the cause of Vista's dilemma?

Windows XP is too deep

According to IDC statistics, after the release of Windows XP in 2001, there are about 6 million computers in the world using Windows XP, and more than 80% of PCs are running. Windows operating system, but divided into two camps: Windows 95/98 (65%) and Windows NT/2000 (26%). One of the great goals of Windows XP is to integrate the codebases of Windows 9x and Windows NT and eventually do just that.

In 2008, 1.1 billion computers were put into operation worldwide, and more than 70% of them were running Windows XP. This means that nearly 800 million computers are running Windows XP, making it the most widely installed operating system. It's quite difficult to eliminate the impact of Windows XP on users, especially those IT organizations that deploy and integrate applications around Windows XP.

Vista is too slow

For many years, many developers and IT professionals have accused Microsoft of "over- sufficiency" and adding too many changes and features to the software. Make the software huge and bloated. However, this does not seem to have much negative impact on Microsoft's software sales. However, for Windows Vista, the ills of "software excess"

Vista has more than 50 million lines of code, and XP has only 35 million lines when it was released. After many upgrades, the amount of XP code is only 40 million lines. “Software bloat” has severely slowed down Windows Vista, especially when it runs on older hardware devices. Even so, the latest version of Windows XP is faster than the latest version of Vista. If a new computer is slower than the old one, who is willing to use it?

Vista's compatibility is poor

One of the main reasons for Windows XP's popularity is that it absorbs the hardware, software and driver compatibility advantages of the Windows 9x product line. The stability and practicality of Windows NT products.

When Microsoft released Windows Vista, it may have forgotten or ignored the compatibility issue, because although Vista experienced a long trial period, it was still a lot when it was officially released in January 2007. Some software and hardware are not compatible. Since many important programs and peripherals cannot be used in the Vista environment, this makes it impossible for many IT departments to use it. The vast majority of Vista's incompatibility issues are due to Microsoft's excessive pursuit of so-called system security.

In early 2000, Windows encountered a series of viruses, worms and malware, and Microsoft began a so-called Trustworthy Computing program to make its products more secure. One of the results of this program is Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which has earned the trust of IT departments and paved the way for XP to become the world's most deployed operating system.

Another major achievement of the Trustworthy Computing program is Vista's security mechanism. There is no doubt that Windows Vista can be regarded as the most secure operating system released by Microsoft so far, but "cost" is also expensive, not only some functions are very cumbersome, many basic tasks are accompanied by annoying security tips such as UAC, but also brings a series of software incompatibility issues. In other words, Vista has given up a lot of common practices for users in XP.