The Morning After

Ok, so this morning I awoke wondering if my purchase of windows7classaction.com was a late night pizza-induced dream. But nope, the blog is still here. In contrast to my Vista purchase I can’t say I have any “buyers regret” on the domain. However, a lot of people have taken the Vista plunge and then chosen to downgrade back to XP. How many people have ever bought a brand new car and then turned around and traded it back in for their 6 year old model with the coffee stains on the front seat and the red crayon indelibly melted into the back one? Not many. This morning I was browsing the web for fellow Vista haters and came across, “The Mojave Experiment:” Bad Science, Bad Marketing by Wil Shipley.  Very funny stuff!  Here’s a little excerpt…

This so-called experiment of Microsoft’s is an insult to science, and to our intelligence. And I am dying to see the out-takes from their shoot. I mean, how many people do you suppose like being told, “Hey, this giant, unpopular monopolistic software company just made an ass out of you! Ha ha! Our leading scienticians just PROVED that you LOVE VISTA and WANT TO MARRY IT. You are TOTALLY GAY for Vista! Haaaaaaa HAAAAAAA!”

Yeah, good point! When a company starts having contempt for their own customers you know they are in deep trouble. It was bad enough that Microsoft was getting slayed by those Apple ads, now Microsoft decided to lampoon its own customers. But I digress… another point made by Mr. Shipley was that the Mojave Experiment was sort of like the “Pepsi Challenge” where Pepsi routinely won blind taste tests against Coke, but Coke still sells more than Pepsi. The theory is that Pepsi is very sweet and will win in a “Dixie cup” tasting challenge. But after a whole can Pepsi starts to wear on you like a Sponge Bob marathon. Shipley’s “Pepsi Taste Challenge” analogy fits Vista and XP like a glove.

But I have another one… Vista is a dumb blonde bimbo gold digger. I’m not saying blond women (or men!) are inherently dumb or bimbos. Or that all bimbos are gold diggers. But Vista is all of these. At first her Aero effects make you a little weak in the knees. But in the end you realize her appeal was the equivalent of a gold ring in pig’s nose. Plus, she’s very expensive to have around. She’s needlessly complicated, daft, chews up resources, goes through batteries like they were “bling”, doesn’t get a long well with others, embaresses you at business meetings… sigh. Vista, we had a good fling, but now, “the morning after” I’m seeing your true colors.

So will Windows 7 be sexy AND smart. Kind of a witty and tart brunette ala Tina Fey? Here’s hoping.

But I’m still convinced that Microsoft owes the faithful who have had to put up with the “bimbo” Vista an apology and a VERY steep discount on Windows 7.

If you agree please drop me a line.