John Dvorak On Vista's Launch

An anonymous reader writes "John is at it again, this time with his take on the launch of Microsoft's Vista operating system. John covers the reality from a market perspective, looking at whether the release will affect PC sales, peripherals ... or even Microsoft." From the article: "While there is no way that Vista will be a flop, since all new computers will come with Vista pre-installed, there seems to be no excitement level at all. And there does not seem to be any compelling reason for people to upgrade to Vista. In fact, the observers I chat with who follow corporate licensing do not see any large installations of Windows-based computers upgrading anytime soon. The word I keep hearing is 'stagnation.' Industry manufacturers are not too thrilled either. One CEO who supplies a critical component for all computers says he sees a normal fourth quarter then nothing special in the first quarter for the segment. Dullsville."

Comments

Re:Not true, useful features compel upgrade

[El Lobo]

Well, if you add Spotlight and Dashboard to your list and consider it a worth upgrade then I consider the following to be worth an upgrade too:
*Windows Aero
* Shell stacks
* Breadcrumbs view
* Per-user UI language
* Desktop Search
* Sidebar
* New driver model (including DX10)
* Protected-Mode IE
* BitLocker Drive Encryption
* Smart cards to store Encrypting File System etc.

Re:Stop linking Dvorak, or give us a checkbox

[WillAffleckUW]

I for one welcome our slashdot-enhancing checkbox-adding Dvorak-spew-ignoring overlords and wish they'd get to work replacing my Jon Katz checkbox-ignoring ability with a Dvorak-ignoring checkbox posthaste!

Either that or let me mod some posts instead of this incessant metamod cycle they have me in ... what's the point of killing off my three and four digit slashdot user ids to get a five digit one if it can't moderate?