What is the future for Vista once Windows 7 is released? -

Are Microsoft embarrassed by Vista as they were with Windows ME although that may be a little OTT. Will Microsoft try and kill off Vista ASAP or will it have the staying power of XP (unlikely I would have thought) LUG.

Microsoft has already announce that if you buy a computer with Vista July 2009 or after you can get a free upgrade to windows 7. I think they well keep it around for a while, but not long. Its not really that vista was that bad, just started off on the wrong foot and couldn t overcome it. With all the hype now with Windows 7 Microsoft doesn t want to turn it this down, just roll with it.

Windows 7 is vista kernel which is nothing new only a new eye candy face lift, To build a new kernel from scratch takes years to accomplish and my thought on 7 is it will be the last operating system ms turn out, How can you say 7 is stable? don t put the cart before the horse, How many of you testing Windows 7 have downloaded programs and installed and worked them under 7, I have downloaded some that are having computability problems, With the speed and advancement of the Linux kernel, MS don t stand a chance, even now Linux as left windows 7 years behind, With windows 7 beta there is no 3D graphics desktop like the cube in Linux. The only reason Windows 7 is now on full beta public release is so the ms can get all the drivers and systems setup right, with all the automatic feed back. Once 7 is stable it will be by by XPand Vista then people will be forced to upgrade at a high price to 7 like they where with Vista. or move over to free Linux which I think most will have done by then anyway.

No, I think they will still have Vista around for awhile. Not as long as XP though. XP is just a superb OS that came at just the right time that everyone needed something new. Vista was something new that quot;EVERYONEquot; (Yes, everyone!) was crazy about when they first heard about it. However, once it was first used, it was immediately disliked. However, over the years, a lot of bugs, security flaws, and it s stability has been fixed.(Mine is more stable then XP right now!) Right now, I run the Vista Basic version. And that s good enough for me. At first, like everyone else, I wanted Vista gone! It was horrible! But now, I ve come to like it after actually using it. I would say that I like it about as much as I do XP. But to say that it s so bad that they d try to sweep it under the carpet? No, I don t think they will. It will hang around for awhile after the final release of Windows 7. But I don t think it will be as long as XP was around for. (Heck, People still love XP after what? 8-9 years? So I think Vista will be around for atleast a few more years after the release of Windows 7. Maybe 3-4 Years...)

I guess it will not be sold on new PCs once W7 arrives - but there will still be millions of PCs running it that don t upgrade to W7 - so they will remain committed to producing service packs and continued support for Vista for many years.

Vista will disappear. And I know that everyone who have original Vista Ultimate edition, will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.

vista was not an embarrasement. Vista had fewer problems and updates than XP. Windows 7 is just an updated vista with the cool new features that vista did not have time to release.

I agree with marvin here he has a good point since alot of people ar afraid to change to linux what makes them stuck with whatever microsoft gives them .

Dim. It will disappear.