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

effect != affect

[dircha]

"whether the release will [a]ffect PC sales, peripherals ... or even Microsoft."\

Re:Dvorak... Reality... ???

[nadamsieee]

John Dvorak is a troll. Nuf' said.

Re:Same with everything

[drinkypoo]

I went from 10.2 to 10.4. If you don't think the updates are worth it, then don't buy the updates. No one is forcing you.

Bullcrap! Since Apple has been making API changes that break compatibility between minor point revisions, programs are now being released that require 10.3 or later. Soon those programs will be requiring 10.4 or 10.5 or something, and people who are on 10.3 (like me - I have a dual G5 on my desk at work and we haven't upgraded yet) will be forced to upgrade if we want to run them.

My main reasons for upgrading were native caps->ctrl mapping

Jesus christ. Here we have an OS based on Unix and we can't remap keys until the third release? That's pathetic.

aside from that every apple update (aside from perhaps tiger which I'm unsure of) has made OSX faster on the same machines. I doubt I'm going to get that warm fuzzy feeling from Vista.

This, I agree with. OSX is certainly built on a more stable foundation than Vista. Well, actually, I think the metaphor would be more accurate if I were dissing the framing, not the foundation, since NT's architecture is not wholly unreasonable.