Why Windows 7 Will Not Kill Sales of Windows Vista
In my professional opinion, eventual sales of Windows 7 will not kill sales of Vista for the following reasons:
1) Windows Vista will still be sold after Windows 7 is released.
Just because Microsoft will eventually release Windows 7 as their new Operating System, they will not simply halt sales of Windows Vista due to the fact that your average computer user will not rush out to purchase a brand new Operating System (Windows 7) that they have no previous experience with and will generally prefer an Operating System (Vista or XP) that they are more comfortable with. Microsoft realizes the fact that computer users, in general, will stick with the tried and true over the bold and unknown, and will continue to market Windows Vista as a viable Operating System choice. Case in point: Windows Millenium Edition was widely regarded as a horrible Operating System yet, when Windows XP was released, copies of Millenium Edition could still be purchased for quite a while afterwards before Microsoft finally denoted it as End Of Life. If people were only interested in purchasing XP over Millenium Edition then why was Millenium Edition still being sold, and subsequently purchased, on 3rd Party websites? The reason was that their was still demand for Millenium Edition as a viable Operating System. Microsoft is no different from any other major corporation in that they are in business to make as much money as they possibly can from their product line.
2) Not everyone has heard about Windows 7.
I have made it a point to mention to my customers, who are considering upgrading their computers, that a new Operating System called Windows 7 will be released soon. The expressions on their collective faces, followed by the inevitable question “What is Windows 7?” tell me that not everyone has heard about Windows 7 or, for that matter, even know why it is being released. This just goes to show, at least in my opinion, that not everyone is waiting for Windows 7 with baited breath as has been suggested in certain technology circles.
3) Windows Vista is not as horrible as the media hype suggests.
I have several customers who purchased new computers that came with Vista and, to tell the truth, only a minuscule number of them have had issues with their computer. Of my customers who did experience issues, I have only had 1 person who told me, “I hate Vista, it is completely unusable.” For the other customers with Vista issues, I was easily able to solve their issues and, now, they are able to use their computers quite well. The media, at large, simply picked up on Vista’s earlier flaws and went wild – all the while never bothering to update their information on how Vista was currently faring.
I would like to know your thoughts about this. Feel free to leave a comment.
