Remember Microsoft’s “downgrade” license option for Windows Vista that forces customers who want Windows XP to buy a Vista copy along with it? As expected, a lot of users are taking “advantage” of that option to stick with Windows XP even as Microsoft gloats at their Vista sales numbers and tells their customers that they’re stupid to not like it.
According to an InfoWorld story, 35% of Vista users have gone back to Windows XP after having paid for its seven-year younger sibling. That’s one in every three business PCs. Oh, how much they must loathe Vista to even consider such a thing, let alone do it without so much as blinking an eye. Of course, Microsoft still keeps lumbering on unabated, putting on a cheerful face and singing praises of Windows Vista, even as they frantically work on Windows 7, trying to get it out the door at some time before 2015 [I bet you a fresh chocolate chip cookie that we get hoverboards before we get Windows 7 -DM].
It’s a lot like Apple’s MobileMe fiasco, the only difference being to whom the companies in question assign blame: while Apple’s going around apologizing for the problems and handing out free service extensions, Microsoft’s busy trying to convince customers that it’s their fault that Vista sucks and forcing them to pony up the cash for it, even if they have no intent to use it. Don’t you just want to give them a Nobel Prize already?
I love chocolate chip cookies, especially fresh ones. I'm so looking forward to the release of Windows 7 now...
Wait (check calendar)...
Damn, are we talking fresh enough to gum after I've lost all my teeth in the intervening decades?
Sorry, wrong again. The reason businesses in large numbers go back to previous versions of Windows has to do with budgets and network upgrade plans.
This happens with every update -- Vista (like XP before it) is now shipped default to business whether they are ready to move forward or not. And that is why these same businesses are using a licensing right Microsoft has provided for years.
Discussions of technical merit are worthwhile but slags against Vista employing simplistic stats hardly rate as journalism.
Now, many of you have heard my version of story before, but I'll add my voice to the flood. I bought my laptop and came with Vista. Now, my laptop is pretty good one 2ghz, 2gig of rams, 200gig hard-drive. It's a beauty. But guess what Vista would have so many issues with some of the software I had. Now, I down-graded to XP & dual boot with Linux.
For my desktop -- got myself a Mac. It's pretty good, and very happy. Don't have to worry about virsus, keylog etc..
"Sorry, wrong again. The reason businesses in large numbers go back to previous versions of Windows has to do with budgets and network upgrade plans."
I work in a government, we have pretty good budget for IT department -- some of our stuff goes to military. I can assure you these desktops, and few business-notebooks comes with Vista Business version + MS Office, and few high price application. Every week we test new Vista + XP on these new machine, and XP beats Vista. This is why we downgrade them to XP + clients don't like Vista.
Now, you can disregard my comment, but truth is simple. Vista is a resource hog, and in addiction to that it can not run properly some applications -- speciallly network base software. Believe you me, it's truly sucks.
PS: I am a linux/mac user so my comment are not too friendly for M$, but truth of the matter is that XP & Vista are lot to be desire. Windows 2000 was truly the best operating sytem Microsoft had ever produce.
Vista really should be better than this. They had plenty of time.