Microsoft and Vista
I'm curious what readers have to think about the Vista product.
Being in the tech field, I remember the anticipation for Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and certainly XP. I realize that not all their OS launches have gone according to plan and that eventually they are all adopted.
Not sure if that will be the case for Vista.
What do you think?
Being in the tech field, I remember the anticipation for Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and certainly XP. I realize that not all their OS launches have gone according to plan and that eventually they are all adopted.
Not sure if that will be the case for Vista.
What do you think?
Comments
What is the impetus to upgrade existing systems if the productivity gains are minor or non existant?
The other major problem is that Vista is not a simple upgrade, but a full scale conversion. How many companies are going to spend all those resource dollars during a period of contraction if there is nothing to be gained?
Most likely, companies and individuals will stick with XP until there is a real need to commit to Vista.
Most of the people I know that have purchased new PC's (including myself) have either removed Vista and installed XP or not purchased an OS at all.
That potentially means little growth in the tech area. Less demand for new Microprocessors, RAM, services, etc - and as you probably know, in a recession companies often cut back on technology spending.
In the integration business, I always feared recession because almost everyone was looking for the cheap way out.
That's not going to mean replacing all their perfectly good XP machines with a buggy Vista OS.
If you like being prompted everytime you run a .exe file, I guess its great. Me, not so much!
That being said, it will sell, because its basically the only game in town. Most users don't know their way around Linux, and Mac OSX has a long way to go before it even dents MS profitability.