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90% of IT Professionals Don't Want Vista

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-so-sad dept.

A survey by King Research has found that Ninety percent of IT professionals have concerns using Vista, with compatibility, stability and cost being their key reasons. Interestingly, forty four percent of companies surveyed are considering switching to non-Windows operating systems, and nine percent of those have already started moving to their selected alternative. "The concerns about Vista specified by participants were overwhelmingly related to stability. Stability in general was frequently cited, as well as compatibility with the business software that would need to run on Vista," said Diane Hagglund of King Research.

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  1. Re:Well there you have it by icepick72 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm an IT expert, this is my impression of Vista.
    DX10 gaming (very nice).
    More secure (great)
    Slower (just like the previous operating system was to the one before it)
    expensive (not free?)
    driver problems (but linux has many more driver problems)
    compatibility issues (but is still way more compatible than most other OS).
    I see a reason for businesses to switch to Vista, especially if you play games at work. Does anyone see any real benefit for a business user not to switch to Vista?