"The Gartner Group said that Vista would only end up on about 12 percent of PCs found in the home this year. It isn't expected to surpass Vista until 2009."

should be "...surpass XP until 2009."

People aren't going to be buying XP instead of Vista. People just aren't going to be rushing to upgrade to Vista because its not that compelling. XP isn't competition. Everyone has XP already, its not stealing away from Vista. But I suppose saying that isn't as cute and "clever" as saying XP is Vista's biggest competitor. Who cares about accuracy.

Whoosh!

The sound of the point of the article going right over Biff's head...

It's not that people are going to go out and buy XP instead of Vista... you clearly don't get it.

It's that people who already have XP don't have any reason to "upgrade" to Vista.

Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't realize until just now that you're one of Monoposoft's FUD experts, out for a troll...

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Biff wrote:
People aren't going to be buying XP instead of Vista. People just aren't going to be rushing to upgrade to Vista because its not that compelling. XP isn't competition. Everyone has XP already, its not stealing away from Vista. But I suppose saying that isn't as cute and "clever" as saying XP is Vista's biggest competitor. Who cares about accuracy.

I think that the article title has it right, although it's not explicit in the article. What was explicit is that enterprises that have deployed XP broadly have little incentive to move to Vista.

Enterprises buy new equipment all the time, and they'll be buying that equipment with XP NOT Vista. Microsoft wants to make the sale, so they won't force those customers to use Vista.

Those kinds of customers will not want Vista on their new machines and XP on old, that makes for difficult management. Also, what does Vista bring those customers? More security? That has yet to be proven, so the I.T. managers will stick to what's proven.

I know of places where people are still using Windows 98 because they're not on-line and Word works well on their network. OF course they can no longer buy 98, so XP is creeping in slowly as systems are replaced. The same will happen with Vista.

Lots of folks DID upgrade to XP because in a connected world with multiple custom apps, XP was more robust and more secure than 98 and easier to manage than NT.

Vista doesn't appear to offer the same level of improvements.

Eh, every time a new version of Windows comes out, analysts say that the previous version is going to be its main competitor. It's starting to get boring. We already know, thank you.

as opposed to 'Moc OS'

Moc OS.... mocos in spanish means boogers.

How about... "WHO CARES ABOUT VISTA OR XP OR WINDOZE FOR THAT MATTER???"

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"Eh, every time a new version of Windows comes out, analysts say that the previous version is going to be its main competitor. It's starting to get boring. We already know, thank you."

You don't seem to have a good understanding of the role and function of analysts... these people are paid to tell us what we already know but don't want to bore other people with.

Given the choice, people buying new computers are going for XP. Companies like Dell which offer a choice of XP and Vista on their new machines seem to be pushing XP more than Vista on grounds of stability.

vista is not that bad at all

then again, all i use it for is the internet, word, itunes, and recording software... not much with games n i have printers n other devices that came with my parents desktop that came with vista also so i don't really know

but so far... i <3 vista

Yeah - it's what's made you so literate, eh? If only your parents had spent more money on your education instead of your Vista box, we might be able to easily read what you had written…

Realistically, there are millions upon millions of XP boxes out there, a large number of which will not run Vista well, if at all. Come the time when their owners get a new box, they will have a choice of getting one with Linux on it, possibly, or they'll by a Mac with OS X. But most likely they'll get one with Vista. A percentage of those will say, "Oh, I'll stick with what I like, thank you." and keep XP.

But in time they'll tend to move to Vista. But it won't happen overnight. If they see the light and come over to our side, that's fine. Good on them. We like them.

But if they don't, it won't make much difference to Apple. Which monopoly do you prefer?