Comments on: Microsoft Says Vista Is Fixed – Spends $300 M To Convince Us

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:22:58 +0000

Soon as I downloaded XP SvcPack 3, it ruined my XP to the
point I had to put my machine in the shop.

To quote Fred Langa’s words from Windows Secrets latest
column:
QUOTE:
With regard to Windows: Like many of you, I’ve experienced some frustrations with Vista. My primary, XP-based PC has several subsystems for which there are no Vista drivers. I can’t upgrade it to Vista without trashing some perfectly good hardware, and I’m not going to do that.

My laptop can run Vista, but it’s just a bit too underpowered to run Vista at a speed I’m comfortable with. After using Vista on it for many months, I finally reverted to XP Pro.

It’s too bad, because I like Vista (it’s visually gorgeous, with a number of useful improvements). But for now, the benefits of upgrading simply aren’t worth the costs to me.” END QUOTE

I’ll go, but when I do go it will be kicking and screaming all
the way.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:25:24 +0000

“…stop selling Windows XP on June 30″. Brilliant move Microsoft. Give us even more reason to switch to Mac. I’ve been a Linux guy for years and work with it professionally and I finally made the switch to Mac…couldn’t be happier. I just wish I would have done it sooner! Microsoft is just going to make things worse by trying to resurect Vista and stop selling XP. They need to realize that the name “Vista” has been too far tainted by this point and no matter how much money and marketing they sink into that POS, people still won’t buy it. It’s simple business 101 and I can’t believe the CEO now running MS doesn’t know that. If the makers of the Yugo car, back in the day, redesigned it a year after it tanked into a sleek convertible sports car and didn’t rename it (or the company name), then it would be a complete failure. Why?…it’s still a Yugo!

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:43:10 +0000

Hi Jon,
Good points

Thanks, Ron

By: Jon Chorney

Jon Chorney — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:14:32 +0000

Having seen firsthand how many issues arose with both software and hardware in a business setting (I’m a SysAdmin) when Vista appeared, I believe that Vista is unlikely to achieve much willing acceptance in the business environment.
Dell, among others, offers the “downgrade” which gives you the disk and drivers for Vista while installing XP Pro on their business class computers. This will continue at least into January andvery possibly beyond. Decison makers, like me will wait to see what the next version of Windows will be like at that point before decising how to proceed.
But, more importantly, business has rejected the idea that upset without a significant benefit can be justified. Frankly, I know of no business case for anything that Vista has to offer. So, to say that “XP had problems at the beginning, too” is meaningless in the business world. The computer is a tool. If my tool works, don’t think I will accept a substitute if it isn’t better, faster, more secure or stable than what I have – it’s really that simple.
I can’t afford to deal with growing pains with a computer OS and I only have 45 workstations and 16 servers to worry about. How do you think the guys with hundreds of servers and thousands of workstations feel about it?
Home users may enjoy the flash, but for business, there are a whole different set of criteria.

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:56:22 +0000

Thanks for the comments and for sharing your experiences and expertise.

Regards, Ron

By: Eddie Cosma

Eddie Cosma — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:46:02 +0000

Why the panic? Because Apple just reported that Mac sales have increased 41% and that they sold more Macs in this quarter than any other to date.

People are seeing the light.

By: Bobzilla

Bobzilla — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:14:41 +0000

We all know that the claim to 180 million copies of Vista sold is a marketing trick. Lots of OEM Vista boxes have been sold, and for the most part that’s how Vista has been sold. Microsoft knows that Linux is a powerful and stable OS, therefore is doing everything they can do to keep OEMs from offering Linux pre-installed. To answer your question: the panic mode is Linux. If the OEMs ever offer a complete line of Linux computers to compete with Windows on a level playing field, Microsoft’s road will become rough and rocky to say the least.

By: George

George — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:09:40 +0000

business’s should be reluctant to switch! My home computer uses vista, and it runs it great, and i dont have any problems. However, when i first got my laptop for work, it also had vista on it, vista business. And even though it said, “business” is did not have all the features that i needed that i had in regular windows xp even! also, it ran sluggishly on the laptop. Now, i have not used vista for my business laptop in a long time, maybe they’ve fixed some of these problems, but my boss had a bad experiance with vista also, and we’re a small business. i dont think hes going to make the switch any time soon.