Microsoft to retire Windows Vista on April 11

I think this event is the best news for 2017 that Microsoft will finally stop supporting one of the worst operating systems called Vista.  Yes, I know there was BOB as well as Windows 8 but Vista with the various issues that it came in with as well as making new ones there is a bright future ahead.

Vista was never a break-out hit for Microsoft, as were both its Windows XP predecessor and its successor, Windows 7.

Even at Vista’s peak nearly three years after its debut, the OS ran just 20% of all Windows PCs. From that October 2009 summit — not coincidentally, the month of Windows 7’s release — Vista’s share shrank. Within a year, it had slumped to less than 15%, and in less than two years it fell below 10%.  Most of the reasons people even had Vista was due to their new computer purchase.  Vista was a memory hog and most of the manufacturers produce machines that did not handle the memory requirements for this OS.

As the market shares fell Vista’s retirement from support, the next edition on the out-to-pasture list will be Windows 7, which is slated to receive its last security update on Jan. 14, 2020.  Windows 10 is the future from this point but to do any sort of upgrade is a pain and the best option for most is just to purchase the OS pre-loaded.

Vista with all of the colorful desktop features was  two-and-a-half years late as well as having early device driver issues.  This announcement is well worth watching Vista fade from memory much like Windows 8 will be.