What Windows 10 needs to get right to avoid another Vista moment

Microsoft's biggest launch in the last few years must go right, or the company might end up with users stuck on Windows 7 forever

Windows 10 might be Microsoft's final version of its 29-year-old operating system, but there are quite a few things it must get right for it to be the next XP - and not the next Vista.

The first thing it has to do is convince users that it isn't Windows 8. For most, Windows 7 had erased the bad memories of Windows Vista, which launched with bugs galore and made for very painful upgrades.