6 Versions of Windows 7?!
February 4th, 2009Posted by: J.W. Crump Posted in Blogs
This is a little off-topic, but I simply can’t believe that Microsoft is planning SIX versions of their upcoming operating system. As clever as the Mojave commercials may have been, they don’t make up for the onslaught of criticism that followed the release of Vista. Even ‘non-techie’ people knew about the horrors that consumers who purchased Vista faced; so why not focus on one or two versions of the new operating system instead?
When you look at the specs outlined for the different versions, it’s easy to imagine your local Best Buy employee telling everyday consumer after everyday consumer that they need “Home Premium” and not much else. After all, only a fraction of computer users opt to upgrade their operating system using the ‘if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it’ mentality.
I would personally prefer if Windows followed Google’s lead by focusing their attention on one or two things, improving upon what is already working correctly instead of bombarding us with new things. Perhaps Windows 7 will be a good OS, but I only want to have to choose between Home and Business versions.
Update: Clearly, Windows read this blog post and fixed the problem, now offering only three versions. I’m taking full credit for this.
