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Dell Warns of Vista Upgrade Challenges

Posted by kdawson on from the if-not-putting-on-the-brakes-at-least-getting-off-the-accelerator dept.

Mattaburn writes with a story up on ZDNet UK reporting that Dell is warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead as they move to Vista. The article notes what an unusual step it is for a company of Dell's size to be "toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system" — particularly because "one of the issues the hardware vendor is warning business about is the extra hardware they will need to buy." Quoting: "'They need to be looking at the number of images they will be installing and the size of these images,' said Dell's European client services business manager, Niall Fitzgerald. 'A 2GB image for each user will have a big impact.'"

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  1. Re:so what will this mean... by Half+a+dent · · Score: 1, Troll

    Probably just increased hardware costs for Vista capable PCs rather than Linux on the desktop but we can still hope.

  2. Re:Not stupid at all by networkBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I ever become CEO of my company (whatever, that didn't come out quite right) I'm soooo firing people for buying IBM and MS ;-)
    -nB

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  3. Re:A sysadmins POV by sydbarrett74 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who the fuck modded this as a Troll? It's entirely accurate, and insightful. Must've been some MS fanboi...

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  4. Re:A sysadmins POV by shaitand · · Score: 0, Troll

    Accurate, informative, and insightful. Mods must be on crack to have modded this down.