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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."
i agree, i've been running the final build of Vista Ultimate since it was released to MSDN subscribers a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't go back to XP (although i do have a ghosted pre-vista copy of my pc handy). most of the new features or enhancments are not earth shattering, but taken as a whole, they provide a much improved windows experience. search is light years ahead of XP. Aero is not a revolution, but it is nice. no complaints on stability either at this point. If you ever thought 'damn, xp is so close', then move to vista. is it perfect, no. but it's a positive step forward. i wouldn't consider my pc 'high end', and i get great performance in vista. Athlon64 3200+ 2x 250 GB 7200rpm Maxtor 1GB PC3200 DDR Geforce 6600GT 128MB and no, i'm not just checking email, these apps work as well or better: HL2 & STEAM,Prey,FEAR,CIV3, Photoshop CS, DVD Decrypter,DVD Shrink, AVAST!, Firefox, NERO 7, TMPGenc, Newsbin Pro. i will file a complaint about 'plays for sure'... my Creative Zen don't connect to my PC anymore. damn you vista. why does dvorak use so many buzzzzz words. i used to like his articles, but it's getting harder to stand him. he sounds like a commercial.