MSFT lower pricing on Vista misses the point entirely, as the NYT article so eloquently points out. Vista causes too many bad experiences. Perhaps with SP1.
I tried to use it on my work system so that I could show off our own Vista-ready capabilities (http://www.pcdoctor-community.com/pcdblog/2007/10/02/vista-begone-my-windows-xp-upgrade/). Terrible experience that resulted in my "upgrade" back to XP.
Ask any of the big OEMs about how much Vista they are shipping into the enterprise. I have, and the answer is next to nothing. And I bet they are getting killed with support calls because of MSFT's misssteps.
I think (and hope) that day is nearing. Consumers may be stuck with Vista, but the big enterprises aren't budging. In my job, I get to talk to bigwigs at the major PC makers. And each time I do, I ask, "How are sales of Vista into the enterprise?" To a person, they say nearly nonexistent or something reasonably synonymous.
Like many, I tried Vista and ended up "upgrading" to XP, and blogged about the miserable experience. The last entry was "Vista Begone! My XP Upgrade" (http://www.pcdoctor-community.com/pcdblog/2007/10/02/vista-begone-my-windows-xp-upgrade/.
It was a harder decision than one might thinkg because, as our company's marketing guy, I wanted to show customers that we were ready for Vista from Day One. Our app worked fine. It was the other business apps in my personal stack, tho, that crapped out.
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MSFT lower pricing on Vista misses the point entirely, as the NYT article so eloquently points out. Vista causes too many bad experiences. Perhaps with SP1. I tried to use it on my work system so that I could show off our own Vista-ready capabilities (http://www.pcdoctor-community.com/pcdblog/2007/10/02/vista-begone-my-windows-xp-upgrade/). Terrible experience that resulted in my "upgrade" back to XP. Ask any of the big OEMs about how much Vista they are shipping into the enterprise. I have, and the answer is next to nothing. And I bet they are getting killed with support calls because of MSFT's misssteps.
I think (and hope) that day is nearing. Consumers may be stuck with Vista, but the big enterprises aren't budging. In my job, I get to talk to bigwigs at the major PC makers. And each time I do, I ask, "How are sales of Vista into the enterprise?" To a person, they say nearly nonexistent or something reasonably synonymous. Like many, I tried Vista and ended up "upgrading" to XP, and blogged about the miserable experience. The last entry was "Vista Begone! My XP Upgrade" (http://www.pcdoctor-community.com/pcdblog/2007/10/02/vista-begone-my-windows-xp-upgrade/. It was a harder decision than one might thinkg because, as our company's marketing guy, I wanted to show customers that we were ready for Vista from Day One. Our app worked fine. It was the other business apps in my personal stack, tho, that crapped out.