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XP is still Vista's biggest competitor
Ben Furfie Nov 15 2007, 11:35am
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Microsoft could be forced to further extend XP support says survey
A survey by Forrester Research has suggested that Microsoft may be force to extend its support for Windows XP past its current April 2009 deadline if business attitudes to Vista do not change.
The report highlighted that 32 per cent of companies surveyed had said that they had no plans to upgrade to Vista before the end of 2008, while a further 17 per cent said that they would not be installing Vista until at least 2009-2010.
Analyst Benjamin Gray said that the biggest problem Microsoft was facing was that: "companies had been hugely successful in standardizing on Windows XP."
He also added that competition from Apple, Novell or Red Hat was irrelevant and unrealistic, saying that Vista's ascension to being the world's primary operating system for businesses was not: "a matter of if, but of when and how."
The survey also revealed that the majority of companies are not holding off on Vista because of stability worries, although the do factor; rather the majority were holding off because of continuing incompatibility with many of the software systems they use.
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“Whats The Point !?!?!”
Posted by: Skullz1987 - Nov 15, 12:49pm
With the Retail price of Vista still being a over £200, and being in the early stages with a lot of bugs and not a lot of drivers, why would businesses upgrade??!
Whats the advantage? Whats the point?
“Re: Whats The Point !?!?!”
Posted by: jimverr - Nov 15, 2:33pm
Most of my complaints about Vista come from domestic customers who fail to take into consideration that a lot of USB devices previously OK with XP will not work with Vista.
I'm talking about a lot of USB DSL modems and MP3 players - someone could make a fortune here with the right emulation software?
“Throwing good money?”
Posted by: Rob Forrester - Nov 15, 2:35pm
Why would you choose to gain so little, for so much?
Vista provides so little, yet requires so much in terms of PC specification - 2Gb RAM, Dual Core + Vista, or half your spec for the same performance and add XP instead.
And it suprises Microsoft that XP is still so popular!
“Re: Throwing good money?”
Posted by: KP Computers - Nov 15, 3:51pm
to right