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What Went Wrong with Windows Vista?

Daniel Fleshbourne Administrator Neowin @dfleshbourne · Dec 7, 2007 04:28 EST · Hot! with 113 comments

December is the month for year-end reviews. We begin our first 2007 look back by offering 10 reasons why Vista failed to "WOW" consumers or businesses. Make no mistake: Despite PR assertions otherwise, Windows Vista did not meet Microsoft expectations.

-Windows Vista advertising ended almost as abruptly as it started
-Microsoft beat the drum a bit too loudly about the number of Vista licenses shipped
-Windows Ultimate Extras became a real dreamscape of empty promises
-Microsoft already is advancing plans for Vista-successor Windows 7