Microsoft's tricky balancing act in 2009 will be to phase out Windows XP while boosting demand for Windows Vista and building anticipation for Windows 7.
microsoft, windows vista, vistaCompounding this challenge is that Vista has been Microsoft's most embattled operating system, and though recent reports say that Vista has improved over the past year, there are also reports of a growing indifference from users. microsoft windows, windows xp, xpMany are sticking with Windows XP for now (or even requesting to "downgrade" to XP with new computer purchases) with the hope that Windows 7 will be more nimble and efficient than Vista.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Microsoft can juggle 20 operating systems don't underestimate Microsoft.Give credit where credit is due thank god for Microsoft and for giving us Windows.
Can Microsoft Juggle three operating systems, plus the Xbox360 new chip systems while repairing some old ones? Honestly yes, even though people may despise it [PS3 fans] while 360 fans may despise Sony, both are good companies and being that Microsoft is one of them I think they can, and if they are having trouble or rather if things are going great they can always rehire people [especially the ones they laid off before the holiday season :(]
Your fanboyism has no shame. You insist on showing it even on articles where it's not needed.
Microsoft was juggling like what was it 5-6 OS's up until 2006 I believe when support for 95/98/00, etc were terminated. 3 really isn't that much in comparison.
I thought about this once. Windows 7 will be much easier to migrate to...that is of course if you're migrating from Vista. People still on xp might give Vista a try, just to see how the new platform PERIOD will perform.
Or, you could just dual boot! Or run virtualization software (what I do).
It's great for going back and using a second Guest OS inside of your Host OS for those programs that just aren't working for any reason. The main trade-offs being that it's not truly an OS all to itself (it resides in your Documents or wherever you save the VHD file) and only basic hardware is virtualizable (CPU, RAM, HDD, NIC, USB, K/M, Basic VGA).