10 Worst Betrayals In Tech World


#6 Microsoft Proves Vista Incapable

In 2006, Microsoft came up with a new Windows Vista powered computers that had a PCI bus to prop up Intel. A PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is a bus for attaching peripheral hardware devices (expansion cards) to a computer's motherboard. And the OS was completely dependent on new graphics hardware for its user interfaces to work properly. The problem was that, Intel couldn't produce enough new graphics processors, so it persuaded Microsoft to redefine the specs for PCs labeled "Vista capable." A class-action lawsuit followed, revealing dozens of emails from Microsoft execs who knew the problem with Vista. Though Microsoft ultimately won the legal battle, but it when Vista turned out to be a flop OS.

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