Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Jan 2008 11:59 UTC
"Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's Protected Video Path and its overall DRM friendliness, and Microsoft's definition of 'Vista Capable' got the company sued. Toss in a plethora of bugs and the usual consumer backlash over GUI changes, and you'd think consumers would be avoiding Vista in droves. According to new information, however, they aren't - Vista's adoption rate over the past year actually exceeded XP's in 2001, and consumers apparently choose Vista over XP by a 7:1 margin."
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2006-12-16
There are several reasons for this.
1. A great deal more PCs are selling today, than back in 2001 or so, when XP was launched. Since Microsoft has a monopoly on the OEM market, this will result in more 'licences'.
2. Microsoft has been very aggressive, at least initially, with making sure that OEMs ONLY offered Vista. When XP was released, Microsoft was not as harsh on OEMs, and many chose to still sell Windows 2000.
3. People are stupid enough to believe the hype.
4. A lot of new technology will not be supported by Microsoft in Windows XP etc - this is referred to as old age redundancy ;-)
5. Microsoft's market has grown - Microsoft is now aggressive in many non-traditional countries/continents, with Microsoft quite often selling the operating system for such a low price as to guarantee the sale.
Whilst I love GNU/Linux, I will be choosing Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition with my new system (Intel Quad Q6600 CPU with 8gb Geil 800mhz DDR2 ram, low latency 4-4-4-2). I use Photoshop a lot, and additional cores, with large amounts of RAM, and 64 bit capabilities are important to me. Linux is simply too dodgy with Photoshop/C1 Pro for me to stay totally reliant on it. XP only supports up to around 2.5gb RAM, so it's not effective. XP 64 bit is flakey due to lack of drivers, or quality drivers. Vista 32bit leaves me in the same boat as XP 32 bit.
I just wish Microsoft wasn't so pedantic with their OEM licenses. The prices that you pay for the OEM versions are too high imho, whilst the retail prices are plain rip-offs.
Dave
edit: My new system will triple boot Vista 64 bit, XP 32bit and Debian GNU/Linux btw. XP for those things that don't work in Vista, Linux for cool stuff ;-)
Edited 2008-01-08 10:37