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| Thread ID: 81583 | 2007-08-01 03:07:00 | Vista not a priority for business | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
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| 574902 | 2007-08-01 03:07:00 | July 30, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Fewer businesses are now planning to move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a survey by patch management vendor PatchLink Corp., while more said they will either stick with the Windows they have, or turn to Linux or Mac OS X. www.computerworld.com Maybe the tide is turning. ;)This from the US based Computer world magazine. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574903 | 2007-08-01 03:15:00 | Its not a priority round here either. Not one single person has wanted it on their new PCs, they have all asked for XP. I have had the opposite though, people wanting me to install XP on Vista Pcs. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 574904 | 2007-08-01 03:19:00 | With this news I would expect to see Microsoft's bottom line staying flat or declining from this point onwards. It would seem that they have become what IBM was in the 80's. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574905 | 2007-08-01 05:36:00 | With this news I would expect to see Microsoft's bottom line staying flat or declining from this point onwards. It would seem that they have become what IBM was in the 80's.A bit soon to be counting chickens.... I seem to recall a similar line taken back in 2002 when corporates were saying they would stick with NT or W2K, and wait and see... Most eventually moved to XP. | johcar (6283) | ||
| 574906 | 2007-08-01 06:00:00 | A gradual flattening of Microsofts bottom line is quite possible considering the increased acceptance of Linux into the work place and a greater awareness of OS X. Even if it just presents greater bargaining power to reduce the licensing cost of Vista. A lot of corporates also run increasingly mixed environments as not all of their employees use XP. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574907 | 2007-08-01 07:29:00 | Hey winmacguy... I read that M$ have sold 60,000,000 copies since the release. The cost of the DVD plus packaging, freight and print would be miniscule compared with the wholesale cost that they would receive. Thats a lot of dollars. PS Not sticking up for them! I purchased Vista Home Premium and it works OK. However I find that XP is easier on my old eyes. Not all glitz and glam. So, I have reverted to XP and am happy with it. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 574908 | 2007-08-01 07:40:00 | True I have also seen that reported. It is also called channel stuffing. What you need to check it against is the number of machines or copies of Vista actually bought by customers and businesses which is probably a lot smaller. That will give you a more accurate picture. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574909 | 2007-08-01 19:21:00 | Also of those 60m copies most would have been bought on new pc's my mom an dad shoppers in home appliance stores where they have no choice. So another question would be "How many new PC's were sold world wide in that period ? Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 574910 | 2007-08-01 19:30:00 | Also of those 60m copies most would have been bought on new pc's my mom an dad shoppers in home appliance stores where they have no choice. So another question would be "How many new PC's were sold world wide in that period ? Regards Digby I feel that is not relevant Digby. 60M is 60M regardless of how you look at it. My sister just bought a new desktop. She wouldn't know the brand of the machine, let alone the OS on it. She is a "Push this thingy" person - like a high % of "users" Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 574911 | 2007-08-02 02:42:00 | From what I have read and heard a lot of non corporates (individuals) who have bought Vista, have had XP installed on it to replace Vista since they were overly impressed. I am sure that there are probably also a similar amount of people who are happy with Vista and continue to use it. You would still subtract the original number of XP "revertees" from Vista to get a truer number of the versions sold. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
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