Microsoft continues to anger some of its customers by announcing the upcoming Halo 2 game will only run on Windows Vista. This seems a bit odd considering Vista won’t launch until the end of the year at the soonest. Will anyone still be talking about Halo 2 at this time? Scoble adds to the list of reasons saying the game will push the CPU and sound past the limits of XP.
But this whole episode begs the question: What other Microsoft products should only run on Vista? I nominate the following:
Windows Messenger – It’s MCI’s “Friends and Family” campaign all over again. Microsoft could show a tiny Vista icon next to the name of those friends who haven’t upgraded to Vista yet and send a friendly email reminder so you can chat with them again once they do.
Office 2007 – Just imagine an updated “Clippy” taking advantage of WPF. You may not welcome his help but his exit animation would blow your mind.
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