Windows XP

part of Windows

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · said 43 times in 4 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Ben Gilbert (29), David Rosenthal (14)

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Everything said about Windows XP, oldest first

Jul 22, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Gates Promoted Mobile and Tablet Computing in 2001 Windows XP Launch
“One of which was Bill Gates was always talking about mobile computing, so much so that in the key slide in the Windows XP presentation, one of the big bullet points is mobile computing. All the way back in 2001, and Gates thought natural user interfaces was go…”
Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 3:05:01 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jul 22, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Three-Quarters of Corporate PCs Still Ran XP in 2009
“Even as late as 2009, so three and a half years after launch, something like that, three quarters of corporate PCs are still running XP and had never upgraded to Vista.”
Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:25:19 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jul 22, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Rosenthal: Microsoft Extended XP OEM Sales Two Years Post-Vista
“Microsoft OEMs were so unhappy because consumers didn't want to buy Vista machines. Microsoft had to extend the ability for their OEM partners to keep selling XP machines to consumers for another two years after this.”
David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:25:32 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jul 22, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Rosenthal: Windows XP sold over 500 million copies across its lifetime
“XP was a huge success. Sells over half a billion copies. Gets used over its lifetime on probably a billion PCs.”
David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 1:21:19 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
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