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Vista at Risk of Being Bypassed by Businesses

Posted by Zonk on from the zoom-vroom-woosh dept.

narramissic writes "With Windows 7 due in late 2009 or 2010, many businesses may choose to wait it out rather than make the switch to Vista. According to some analysts, Vista uptake at this point really depends on how good Vista SP1 (due in Q1, 2008) is. If it doesn't smooth over all the problems, companies are much more likely to stick with XP. And that holds especially true for those businesses that follow the every-other-release rule." Note for Microsoft: Allow us to natively disable trackpads.

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  1. What is so bad about Vista? by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What is so bad about Vista when running on modern hardware?

    1. Re:What is so bad about Vista? by jcr · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      What is so bad about Vista when running on modern hardware?

      Besides it being unreliable, unsecurable, and a pain in the ass to install and use?

      Nothing...

      -jcr

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    2. Re:What is so bad about Vista? by timmarhy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      it still requires 2x the ram that xp needed, which no significant advantages.

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  2. too late, too early, too in-between ... by icepick72 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First Vista wasn't picked up because it was too late and then because business is waiting for SP1, and now because it's too early (business waiting for Windows 7 instead). Sometimes Slashdot seems like an message board for asshats.

  3. Re:and then.... by matazar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Disabled the UAC. That's there so stupid people might try and prevent spyware from installing. Though they are more likely to just allow anything to run.
    I don't like the feature, but I do understand why it's their. I just disabled it. I have no issues with Vista. Everything runs fine for me.

  4. Re:and then.... by aichpvee · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It doesn't get much right (just like every other windows) and it brings a whole bunch of new things that suck to the table. All of this for an outrageous amount of money and ridiculous system requirements so that you can get useless graphical effects that don't even look nice.

    Now run along and cash your microsoft check. If you hurry you might be able to make it before the bank closes.

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