Vista, Split from vista antivirus Options

[Seeker]

windows vista is the equivalent of windows ME

a big bloated useless piece of shitty broken software rushed out the door

since i work for mcafee, i say get mcafee virus scanner (not free though)

[Hartmann]

I have not used Vista past some of the original Longhorn previews so I can't discuss the issues but I think that we are seeing a huge move by consumers to drive the market, not vice-versa.

most businesses don't upgrade, no matter how good the new upgrade is. business is all about cost, and "if it aint broke, don't fix it" is the tune that 99% of businesses out there operate on. it has nothing to do with vista itself.

I agree that this is true for OS and system upgrades but for other software I think that it depends on what it is.

Options are great, this is where OS X, Linux, etc. are handy, if people don't want to use Windows, they don't have to. Microsoft is profitable but I think they are still struggling to figure out what their core business is going to be in 10-15 years. Sure the OS, but is that where they've made their money in the last few years? Not really.

Bill Gates is set, but I think that Microsoft, with one big failure, could end up not existing, no matter how much money they have. It takes a lot to support their operations and their stock is a good indicator of how people feel about them.