Windows chief fields readers' questions

C|Net | at | by Mike

News.com on Thursday sat down with Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's platform products and services division, and we brought some readers with us. Well, their questions, at least.

As the man in charge of getting the next version of the Windows operating system, called Vista, out the door, Allchin's schedule is understandably tight. But he agreed to field questions that were submitted by CNET News.com readers.

Interestingly, even though XP will be 5 years old by the time Vista ships the questions posted by many readers indicated that they need to be convinced that Vista will be a necessary upgrade.