Windows Vista has
officially launched for consumers. Pretty much everyone will hear about Vista today or in the coming days thanks to the
huge
marketing campaign. Bill Gates himself has been making the talk show rounds. He even made an
appearance on the
Daily Show. After the show he literally bolted out the door to catch a flight to London. Some bloggers might recall a seperate Microsoft's Vista campaign a few weeks ago with a much-discussed
laptop gift to bloggers. Microsoft's new operating system does not free them from the
threat of web-based office software but it should generate a substantial amount of revenue for Microsoft.
Engadget has a
roundup linking to a few reviews of Vista. TG Daily
says the majority of bloggers are slamming Vista. Slashdot
reports that the Vista DRM has already been cracked. The
Guardian's Technology blog has a great summary of Bill Gates'
Vista marketing message: "it's a revolutionary version of the Windows operating system that's going to take us into the future. Very beautiful, very useable and pretty heavy going on your computer." Meanwhile, BLaugh
wants to know how fast Windows Vista will run notepad. Niall Kennedy
reports on a lack of lines for Vista in San Francisco -- that also seems to be the case
elsewhere. However, there were some
lines of
freezing geeks in Tokyo.
An
entry on HitWise shows how Windows Vista searches have soared. Many of the searches have taken web surfers to Microsoft websites and to the
Wikipedia entry. Blog posts have soared as well. To find posts about Windows Vista try one of these searches preconfigured for "Windows Vista":
Google Blogsearch,
Topix.net and
Technorati. The
Windows Vista Technorati Tag is currently the top tag on Technorati. It is one of the top search terms as well. Vista's launch is also currently the top story on
Techmeme and
Megite.
Some tech bloggers and journalists have been covering Vista for the past seveal months -- long before today's launch of Vista for consumers. Many of these bloggers probably agree with a post on Krunker.com called
I'm all Vista'd Out.
