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 Posted: Mon, 16th Apr 2007 05:09 Post subject: Windows XP till end of the year only... |
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| Quote: | Windows XP to be phased out by year's end despite customer demand
12th April 2007 Angus Kidman Vista, Windows
Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite consumer resistance to Vista and its compatibility problems.
By early 2008, Microsoft's contracts with computer makers will require companies to only sell Vista-loaded machines. "The OEM version of XP Professional goes next January," said Frank Luburic, senior ThinkPad product manager for Lenovo. "At that point, they'll have no choice."
Despite Microsoft's relentless promotion of Vista, manufacturers are still seeing plenty of demand from customers for systems preloaded with XP, especially in the finicky SOHO market.
In a recent post on its Direct2Dell blog, Dell reaffirmed to concerned customers that it wasn't about to force small business users -- who typically purchase PCs piecemeal, rather than in large enterprise-style orders -- to shift to Vista, which has experienced a less-than-stellar reaction from many buyers because of driver issues and moderately beefy hardware requirements.
"Dell recognizes the needs of small business customers and understands that more time is needed to transition to a new operating system," the post read in part. "The plan is to continue offering Windows XP on select Dimension and Inspiron systems until later this [northern] summer."
"From a local perspective, the post was a reminder more than an announcement," Dell ANZ corporate communications manager Paul McKeon told APC.
"This was something we'd always planned during the transition phase since businesses will have different time frames to adopt the new OS. If you're a consumer, you're unlikely to be managing more than say 2.4 OS images at home, so it's less of an issue"
There's general agreement amongst PC resellers that Vista has provided a minor boost to PC sales, but hasn't produced blockbuster numbers. A similar story applies in the retail space. Figures from marketing consultancy GfK suggest that after an initial sales surge, around 1500 copies of Vista are now being sold through Australian retailers each week, according to a recent report in the AFR.
While Dell's post suggested it wouldn't be promoting Vista systems to the home market, manufacturers still have the option of selling XP-based systems for consumers this year. |
http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista
ds ds ds ... VISTA for now sucks. i can't imagine a standard pc or laptop running vista... they have to improve it quite much before they adopt such a decision.
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Apr 2007 06:05 Post subject: |
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that would be normal for micro$oft to hand out things half arsed, there gonna force people to have higher end machines if you need to buy a new machine, hopefully vista won't end down the road like windows ME, what a joke that was, but honestly it has a good start so far, i haven't tried games in such but it runs fairly smooth on my rig....
[AMD XP 2500 BARTON] [ASUS A7N8X-E NForce 2] [1GiG XMS CORSAIR DC PC-3200] [BFG 6600GT 500@1000] [SB AUDIGY 2 ZS PLATINUM]600wps SEAGATE 36GIG 15,000 RPM SCSI ADAPTEC ULTRA 160 SCSI controller [LITEON DVD/RW-pioneer dvd/cd-rom
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