Half of American Business PCs Can't Run Vista
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Much less *need* to run Vista. Xp woks fin (which can noc be said from all Microsoft products), and moving hastily can only worsen things. So keep your feet still - the next PC you buy will bring Vista anyway. The only one who cares is Microsofts CFO.
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Presumably if it hadn't been 2 years late the picture would have been even worse (from MS's point of view). But makes little difference to them really. They still made $16 billion last year despite no new Windows or Office. The market for their products in general is so huge that it doesn't matter that only a fraction upgrade.
Kevin
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The development box given to me is barely spec'd to run Windows 2000. One day I must work for one of these companies who give their developers Windows XP
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You and me both...I'm hoping that the dual Xeon I'm meant to be getting next year turns up...but IT budgets run out so quickly when managers are wanting Blackberries
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I wan't implying a conspiracy. I was just saying that they making boatloads of money of this nice arrangement that they have.
Rhetorical standard question: How much more would you pay for a Vista that runs on your current computer? IMO Developers play a big part. To make software affordable today, devs need the fastest box you can buy. So powerhungry software usually never gets a reality check until it's to late.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2068351,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594[^] About half of the average business PCs in North America are unable to meet the minimum requirements for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, while 94 percent do not meet the system requirements for Vista Premium. Within these figures, 41 percent and 78 percent, respectively, require RAM upgrades to meet the minimum and premium system requirements of Vista, says a new study by Softchoice Research, which is expected to be released later this week. In comparison, when Windows XP was released, some 71 percent of the PCs met its system requirements, Softchoice services consultant Dean Williams said in an executive summary of the report.
Kevin
These kind of articles are probably paid for by Microsoft competitors. It is sad to think that there are that many businesses running on machines having less than a 800 mhz CPU and 512 MB RAM (minimum required for Vista and I think Microsoft set the minimum for Ultimate too high as I have a machine running it here on 512 MB RAM and a 1.7 ghz CPU). If that is the case, it is time for them to update their boat anchors.
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