10 lessons learned by Microsoft through Windows 7

        According to foreign media reports, it is well known that on October 22, 2009, Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system to the world. So far, Windows 7 has been on the market for a year.

Some time ago, Microsoft said that in the first year of its launch in Windows 7, its sales exceeded 240 million, making it the fastest-selling operating system in the company's history.

At the same time, statistics from NetApplication show that as of September, 93% of new consumer PCs are running the Windows 7 operating system, and its global market share has exceeded 17%.

It can be said that after the failure of the Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft's performance in the Windows 7 operating system is amazing. In fact, in the face of the strong challenges of Google and Apple, Microsoft learned a lot of lessons in itself, the market and Windows 7.

Below, the author summarizes the 10 lessons that Microsoft has learned in the success of Windows 7:

1. Security is the most important thing

Microsoft's products are the focus of attack by outside hackers, and the widely criticized Windows Vista has burst into a series of security issues, and it is impossible to ensure the security of Windows users' computers. In Windows 7, Microsoft corrected this error, added multiple security mechanisms to the Windows 7 platform, and improved several security features, such as UAC.

This year, Windows 7's security performance is indeed very good, and its success is obvious to all.

2, Apple does have a high level of operating system design

Through the facts, Apple has confirmed time and time again, it knows more than any other company in the industry, and knows users better. Want to get something from the operating system.

In Windows 7, Microsoft seems to be aware of this, mimicking the look and feel of Mac OS X in many ways, and this will more or less help Windows 7 achieve today's achievements.

3, any fault can be overcome

Undoubtedly, for Microsoft, Windows Vista operating system is a complete failure. If they are small companies, they may not be able to overcome these problems in Vista, but Microsoft finally acknowledged the Vista error and overcome it with Windows 7.

In this process, Microsoft has proved that even if it is a bad mistake, as long as you understand what the customer wants, then you will be able to overcome the mistake.

4, enterprise users are difficult to meet

Even Windows 7 is such a successful operating system, it is still difficult to be accepted by business users. For its part, Microsoft has realized that it is difficult to attract the eyes of business users with a new operating system. If you want to maintain the current momentum, Microsoft must find a solution.

5, Windows xp is still popular

Microsoft has realized that at present, the status of Windows XP in the operating system market is still very important, enterprise users are still willing to do Windows XP A lot of investment. In the past year, some vendors still offer consumers computers with Windows XP operating systems pre-installed.

Obviously, Microsoft is very reluctant to see that Windows XP is still so popular, because it will block the development of Windows 7. However, Microsoft accepted this fact and sought new ways to make Windows 7 a more viable option for business users.

6, please hardware manufacturers

When Microsoft introduced Windows Vista, HP and Dell are very uncooperative, they provide consumers with "downgrade rights" to allow users Install Windows XP. When Microsoft introduced Windows 7, Dell and HP resolutely cooperated with Microsoft. In the past two years, Microsoft has been well aware that hardware manufacturers have some influence on the development of the Windows operating system, and that the hardware manufacturers will certainly bring certain benefits to them.

7, Apple can't keep up with Microsoft's footsteps

In the past year, Microsoft has sold 240 million copies of Windows 7 and Windows' market share has remained above 90%. It can be said that no matter how hard Apple strives, the Mac operating system can't catch up with the pace of Windows development.

8, the future of the operating system is the desktop

At present, many critics are arguing whether the future of computer operating systems is based on desktop or cloud computing. Although the future of computer operating systems is likely to be Internet-based, the success of Microsoft Windows 7 indicates that desktop operating systems still dominate the market for the foreseeable future. Obviously, this is good news for Microsoft and its Windows platform.

9, Google Chrome OS is difficult to catch up with Windows

At present, Microsoft has realized that the future of the operating system is still on the desktop, Google's online operating system has to be a long time Time can catch up with Windows.

According to Google's current plan, the company's Chrome OS will compete with Windows in the netbook market and then enter the PC market. However, the Windows user base is very powerful, and Windows 7 will help Microsoft continue to maintain this dominant position.

In other words, if Google wants to compete with Microsoft Windows with Chrome OS, it will need to overcome a lot of difficulties.

10, Ballmer benefits from Windows

All along, outsiders believe that Microsoft's current CEO Steve Ballmer is derelict, he has not been able to improve Microsoft Position in the field of science and technology. However, the Winows 7 operating system provided the company with a buffer profit, making his situation less than expected.

However, if Microsoft wants to break through the competition between Google and Apple, then Ballmer must come up with some practical sense of innovation.