Microsoft kills off Windows Vista – roundly considered the worst version ever created

Microsoft has pulled the plug on Windows Vista, just over ten years after launching the operating system. It's considered one of the biggest disappointments in the company's history, proving an unpopular successor to the excellent Windows XP. Vista attracted widespread criticism for performance issues and didn't always play nice with customers' peripherals. "Microsoft has provided support for Windows Vista for the past 10 years, but the time has come for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources towards more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences," Microsoft said today. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.