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I love the article they cited for their browser data - which the author used a company that publishes data that ComputerWorld cannot seem to understand...

Browser Stats

Check it out... according the xpnet's graph, IE is used on 80% of the systems, and Firefox on 48% (roughly, from estimating the bars on the graphs). That means... what? The only thing i can think of is it means that 48% of the users/systems are running Firefox - while also running IE (hmmm... Windows Update or other reasons?)

Well, apparently people are still having problems with it, otherwise articles wouldn't be getting posted this year describing how to "fix" it.

And which service pack fixes it fully? According to this chart, most Vista users in InfoWorld's survey are still on SP1.

benchmarking software. Brilliant strategy, cause a big stir by using crazy controversial benchmarks and in turn pimp out their own software. Located in Florida, go figure.

Entire article -- FUD. Pure & simple. Comparing beta software to release, and not even fairly summarising their own results from doing so.

It's not the first time InfoWorld's blogs and Devil Mountain Software have published anti-Microsoft FUD and made Slashdot's front page:

• One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? - Title seems to say it all, but the comments seem to miss the part where the data was obtained from computers running Devil Mountain's voluntary "community-based research software".
• More Evidence That XP is Vista's Main Competitor - Showed how Windows XP SP3 was way faster than Vista SP1 (both pre-release versions), but hid the fact that the test computer had only 1GB of RAM.

Whenever you see a sensationalist article quoting InfoWorld and Devil Mountain Software, be skeptical.

90% of users are Joe Sixpacks, and still 35% of them jump through the hurdles to drop Vista.

Actually, TFA says that nearly 35% of users running Devil Mountain's "community-based testing network" (about 3000 PCs) have downgraded from Vista to XP, according to Devil Mountain's estimates. That 35% includes machines downgraded by sellers, and seller's aren't "Joe Sixpacks."

From the community-based testing network's page:

• "Participating persons, business entities or organizations contribute to the repository by downloading and deploying the DMS Clarity Tracker Agent across one or more representative Windows-based systems. The agent then collects system and process metrics data and uploads it to the DMS Clarity Analysis Portal, where it is accessible to the originating contributor and to members of the xpnet research and support staff."

How many of those users are "Joe Sixpacks?"