“Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista at retail stores significantly trailed those of Windows XP in each product’s first week on shelves, according to new figures from NPD,” reports CNET.

The market research firm’s data showed the number of copies of Vista purchased was nearly 59 percent less than the number for its predecessor XP, looking at the first week of sales. Revenue was also down, but less dramatically, with the dollar value of first-week Vista sales off 32 percent from that seen with XP.

Personally, I don’t know why anyone would choose to buy it right now and it seems that many are agreeing with me. Especially since, there are no compelling reasons to upgrade to it right now. I said it before and I’ll be saying it again…reinstall XP, or if you are due for a new computer get one with XP, buy a Mac, or try Ubuntu .

usrbingeek is a Commercial, Wedding, and Portrait Photographer in Vermont and is also a Global Admin on the WyldRyde IRC Network. WyldRyde offers a free chatroom that can be added to any web site or blog and is home to the Lockergnome Chat.

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