Living on Windows 7: Can It Bring Back the Windows 95 Glory Days?
Windows 7 is coming, and even major Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) fans like Walt Mossberg are saying some rather surprising things about it. With the layoffs and financial results that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced last week, you have to wonder whether it will be enough to light a fire under the market like Windows 95 did. A lot has changed, and I'm beginning to wonder if, like it was in the '80s, the market is getting ready to move to something else.
Recall that the hot products for 2007 and 2008 were iPhones and the hot product so far in 2009 is the Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) Pre (which Apple is ironically trying to FUD out of existence). Even Apple isn't holding much PC interest at the moment. So let's talk about my Windows 7 experiences and whether the market is getting ready to move to something else.
