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Survey Finds Few Intend to Upgrade to Vista

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-it-aint-broke dept.

thefickler writes "A recent Harris Poll has found that while most online computers users are aware of Microsoft's Windows Vista, few are intending to switch over to the new operating system anytime soon. The Harris Poll of 2223 US online adults in early March found that 87% were aware of Vista. Unfortunately for Microsoft, only 12% of Vista-aware respondents were intending to upgrade to Vista in the next 12 months."

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  1. Wow!! by tgatliff · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is this where the "Wow" starts? :-)

  2. You don't say... by psaunders · · Score: 2, Funny

    A similar survey showed that many people have an aversion to swimming in volcanoes. As one respondent said, "I suppose it's just not my thing: I've never really liked high temperatures".

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  3. Re:What does it offer? by DogDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, the UI is pretty damn cool, and has lots of good new stuff in it. I like it. I wouldn't pay an extra $200 for it, but I'll gladly take it on the mew PC's I buy.

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  4. the great philosopher asked... by SummitCO · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if a monopoly made a product and nobody bought it?

  5. Re:Early Adoptor == Burned by Grishnakh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will be buying a stand alone copy of XP from a website to replace the copy of Vista that will come with the machine. My copy of Vista will end up sitting on the shelf. Yes, I know I'm paying Microsoft twice but what can one do?

    Ever heard of BitTorrent?

  6. Windows 98 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Many people still use Windows 98. They use their computer for reading and writing e-mail notes and for writing asinine comments on Slashdot. Windows 98 is sufficient for these banal activities.

  7. Re:I just switched... BACK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    -Vista dumbs the user way too down.

    Thanks for the demo!

  8. the WOW starts now lol by GraphiX2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    the WOW starts now...

    WOW nothing works no more!
    WOW it wont let me playing this media because of DRM
    WOW my entire system has stoped working because it thinks im a pirate
    WOW i no longer control my pc it controls me.

    WOW i have to pay for this?

  9. Re:Early Adoptor == Burned by dingDaShan · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems that Microsoft didn't make XP bad enough. If it was, people would want to upgrade. See windows 98 for example.

  10. Re:Actually.... by xs650 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "A Vista license allows you to "downgrade"."

    A Vista license is a downgrade.

  11. Re:Early Adoptor == Burned by umeboshi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I keep hearing a faint ticking noise in the background everytime
    I see the phrase "RAID 0".