I’m obviously not the only user who has been disappointed with the latest OS release from Microsoft. While Mac users have been graced with the recent release of Leopard, PC users have been left to suffer with Vista. I hate to harp on it, because I think there were good intentions and attempts to improve on XP, but the results have left me frustrated! An article on PC Mag talks about The Vista Death Watch, and offers three steps to improvement. I have to agree with the suggestions, but not that it’s one or the other (or the other).

1. It can give up on the stupid variations and lower the price on the one good Vista, Vista Ultimate. I’d say $99 would be a price everyone can live with.

2. Microsoft can scuttle the entire product. Why not? Work on a whole new OS starting today with one team and work on SP3 for XP with another team to keep users on Windows.

3. Roll out Vista 2.0. Figure out some way to add some nifty features, perhaps stolen from the next version of the Mac OS. Bring in some outside designers if you have to. Oh, and lower the price on this one, too.

Writer John C. Dvorak hits on an interesting point: Microsoft is too obsessed with Google and is ignoring their core business. Google’s core business is search and search advertising, something they never lose focus of. They have a stranglehold on it. Microsoft’s core business is software. They have a stranglehold on it. Although they didn’t stumble with Office 2007, they have with Vista, and it’s time they got back to focussing on their core business.

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