Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer defends Vista at IT conference
There are success and horror stories behind Vista and the story of one mother falls somewhere in between. Steve Ballmer attended an IT conference in Florida where he learned how one mother did not enjoy her experience with Vista and he was left to defend the company’s products.
ComputerWorld explains how Yvonne Genovese interrupted the conference and explained that her daughter had seen Vista on a friends’ computer and saw Vista Gadgets and decided that she just had to have them.
So, her mother bought Vista and installed it on her laptop, but within two days she switched it back to Windows XP. She said about XP “It’s safe, it works, all the hardware is fine, and everything is great.” She then asked Ballmer about Vista, “What should we be seeing that we’re not seeing?”
Ballmer said that Vista offers a lot of value to the end user. He said also said that it offers better security had fewer vulnerabilities and are continually working with device vendors to get appropriate Vista drivers released for more products on a daily basis.
He did admit that Vista is bigger and more resource heavy to which Genovese said that he could come install Vista for her daughter which garnered a bit of laughter from the audience.
If you aren’t ready to make the move to Vista yet but want the Vista GUI then read our post “How to make Windows XP Look like Vista for free.”
If you’re interested in something like Vista Gadgets check out Yahoo Widgets, Google Desktop or the Vista Sidebar for Windows XP.
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