InfoWorld’s “Save XP” Petition

 

“…Millions of us have grown comfortable with XP and don’t see a need to change to Vista. It’s like having a comfortable apartment that you’ve enjoyed coming home to for years, only to get an eviction notice. The thought of moving to a new place — even with the stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and maple cabinets (or is cherry in this year?) — just doesn’t sit right. Maybe it’ll be more modern, but it will also cost more and likely not be as good a fit. And you don’t have any other reason to move.

 

That’s exactly the conclusion people have come to with Vista. For most of us, there’s really no reason to move to it — yet we don’t have a choice. When that strong desire to stick with XP became obvious in spring 2007, major computer makers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard quietly reintroduced new XP-based systems (but just to business customers, so as not to offend Microsoft). Come June 30, however, even that option goes away.” Read the full story and sign the petition at InfoWorld.Com

Study finds businesses more satisfied with Mac OS than Vista

Corporate users of Apple Inc.’s Leopard operating system are more than five times more likely to say that they are “very satisfied” with the OS than business users of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista, a research firm said Wednesday.

In a February survey of 2,200 U.S. corporate computer users, 53% of those using Mac OS X 10.5 reported that they were very satisfied with their operating system. Of those using Windows XP or Windows Vista, however, 40% of the former and only 8% of the latter said they were very satisfied.”Apple continues to set the standard for corporate customer satisfaction,” said Paul Carton, director of research at ChangeWave Research. That, and the fact that corporate buying plans for Macs remain at historically high levels, indicate that users like what Apple’s doing, continued Carton. Read the full article on ComputerWorld.Com

Desktop OS, Hold the Vista

EWeek has released their Enterprise IT survey findings on OS migration. The general consensus? IT Pros still hate Vista.

“…72 percent of respondents said they expected the desktop OS they were using now to be the one they would be using in 2009. Some respondents were looking beyond Vista, with 6 percent saying the desktop OS they expected to be using in 2009 would be Windows “7,” the post-Vista version of Windows.” Read the full report on EWeek.Com

Mac customers 81% “Very Satisfied” compared to Vista Basic’s 15%.

The chart above says it all but you can still read the full story at BaltimoreSun.Com. Found via SwitchingToMac.Com

Vista migration scaring off IT proffesionals

Now more than a year out of the business gate, Microsoft’s Vista operating system is having trouble making friends in the exact place it needs them the most—the IT department.When asked, rather than express excitement over Vista’s promised better security, networking features and fancy GUI, IT professionals admit trepidation over the looming upgrade and the trouble it will cause.

IT Pros: If Not Vista, Maybe Macs

Vista can’t seem to get a break. Yet another survey points to large numbers of businesses with no adoption plans. Oh yeah, Vista malaise may benefit Mac OS X.  44 percent of the IT professionals said that they had considered deploying a non-Windows operating system. Ninety percent of all respondents had concerns or reservations about Vista migration. Among those IT professionals considering alternatives, 9 percent had already started non-Windows deployments, with another 25 percent planning to do so within a year. Read the full article on Microsoft-Watch.Com

Internet statistics reveal Vista’s lack of acceptance.

So how is Vista’s real world usage doing? According to W3Counter - An internet traffic monitoring site, the operating system has only picked up 3% of the market and lags far behind XP. See the chart.

Value Added Resellers not recommending Vista

This really is bad news for Microsoft, as it was hoping adoption rates would be much higher. No matter what it claims, independent results show that adoption is very slow in the business community, and the majority of non-business users are in the Vista fold because the new PC they use was so equipped.  Read more. [via Hasta La Vista, Vista]

Report: 19 million Americans interested in buying iPhone

With the iPhone launch still over a week away, mobile market research firm M:Metrics reports that 19 million Americans have shown strong interest in purchasing the device. Read more.

PC Call Centers Garner Lowest Satisfaction Score

“The University of Michigan took its first American Customer Satisfaction survey and found that of six industries measured for the Customers’ Call Center Satisfaction Index, the PC industry received the lowest score, according to a Computerworld story. ‘According to the survey, nearly 73% of the people who have bad experiences with their PC companies’ call centers said they will consider purchasing their next PCs from another company. Read more.

Microsoft’s study shows schools prefer Windows to Open-source.

Yet another Microsoft-commissioned study, comparing Microsoft technologies to open-source software, is out, as of June 13. The new report, entitled “ICT in European Schools: a value and cost analysis of Microsoft and Open Source Technology Solutions,” was conducted by Wipro Technologies and paid for by Microsoft. Read more.

How real people are getting on with Vista

Hasta La Vista Vista has compiled a Google Trends-like list of search terms that has brought visitors to the site. The results are pretty insightful and show people searching for answers to such curious questions as “windows defender makes my pc start too slow” and “vista overnight frozen” Read more.

British IT Execs Wary of Vista Transition

Time and complexity are putting UK IT managers off migrating their organisation onto Microsoft’s Vista operating system. The research also shows IT staff are concerned about post migration issues such as downtime - leading to loss of productivity - and user questions about personal settings or applications wasting support staff time. Read more.

Valve Software’s hardware survey shows gamers yet to embrace Vista

The latest results for Valve’s Steam hardware survey are in, and they provide a valuable look at the types of systems most gamers are using. They also show a much lower uptake of Windows Vista than Microsoft will likely be happy with.

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What do you think is Windows Vista’s biggest problem? [Poll]

Vista4Beginners.Com has a Poll running that let’s you voice your opinion on Vista’s biggest problem. (I picked “general usability”.)

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