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PC Makers Say Vista Is Not a Seller

Posted by Zonk on from the please-print-more-money dept.

TekkaDon writes "According to computer and component manufacturers, Vista is not the hotcake that they were hoping for. Take Acer's president, Gianfranco Lanci, who has just said that 'PC makers are really not counting on Vista to drive high demands for the industry.' Or Samsung Electronics, who now says that DRAM demand has not matched anyone's predictions based on Vista's now failed projections, something that is being echoed by the industry as a whole. This seem to agree with Ars Technica article on the 20 million Vista copies sold as a 'huge success' by Microsoft, which can be accounted for by the natural growth of PC sales over the years."

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  1. Not a hotcake? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course not, it's a waffle with a side of Spam.

    1. Re:Not a hotcake? by Bin+Naden · · Score: 2, Funny

      Vista is a waffle-thin wafer and nerds are all named Creosote.

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    2. Re:Not a hotcake? by HangingChad · · Score: 5, Funny

      Spam, spam, eggs, spam and Vista.

      Spam, eggs, Vista and spam.

      Spam, spam, spam, Vista and spam.

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  2. please hold for DUH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    truly this article will be the most obvious article of the millenium.

  3. Balmer by rasputin465 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well maybe if Steve Ballmer went this crazy more often more people would be interested in Vista.

    ...or maybe that could go the other way too.

    1. Re:Balmer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Coke, not speed. Speed is the poor man's coke, and Ballmer might be an evil fucking cunt, but he's not poor.

  4. Well, this is pretty interesting: by zappepcs · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can draw from several possible conclusions from such numbers:

    1 - WGA is actually working, and the 20 million people who actually DO want to pay for windows have bought their copies (note, I have no stats to back up that statement)

    2 - People really aren't convinced that Windows Vista is the answer to their software woes

    3 - It just fscking costs too much to upgrade from an OS that seems to be working just fine right now.

    4 - Too many people are trying to consolidate bills after the holiday seasons to spend more money.

    5 - Businesses are waiting for SP2 (I think they should have just launched with Vista SP2)

    6 - Statistics and studies only show you what they want you to see

    7 - Viola! Windows Vista pretty much sucks... - this one seems quite plausible?

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