Vista leads to boom in XP sales

jmke · 20th July 2007, 10:20

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has told its freshmen to buy PCs loaded with Windows XP. One day MIT will start supporting Vista, a spokesman said. But not yet. Comp USA has a huge range of XP machines which it is planning flog during the back-to-school sales season. Circuit City wants to sell nine XP models on its Web site.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41115

jmke · 20th July 2007, 10:21

I can't remember shops and companies being so "hostile" to a new OS from Microsoft. When XP was announced, Windows 2000 was quickly replaced on all OEM machines; with Vista this doesn't seem to be the case at all.

Rutar · 20th July 2007, 12:42

considering 50% of all systems sold are portables, not surprising

on a desktop Vista might be an annoyance but on a laptop it is hurting the most crucial value for the customer (battery life)

Sidney · 20th July 2007, 14:36

Don't think battery life is the cause; I have been using Vista laptop since last Feb.
Likely the school system is not ready for Vista. Email client for example could be one of the reasons.

jmke · 20th July 2007, 14:58

Outlook 2007 works very nicely with Vista fyi

Sidney · 20th July 2007, 15:02

Oh yes, I am using Office 2003, because Office XP outlook is not supported. I have Office 2007 but I am not ready to make the plunge just yet.

jmke · 20th July 2007, 15:17

Found Outlook 2007 much better than 2003; I used Outlook Express 5.5 eons ago , then switched to 2000 with good success, moved to 2003, didn't see much improvement, switched to Thunderbird, which took a while to get used to an reorganize all 30k+ mails; Tried out Outlook 2007, and was impressed by features and speed, much niftier too than Thunderbird, had to pay $50 to get a good Thunderbird > PDF program, but it was worth it.

At the end of the day though, I find gmail to be an amazingly powerful online email client compared to a full desktop one like Outlook 2007. The only problem I have (with both) is that spam filtering sometimes moves good mails to junk, checking both gmail/outlook allows me to recover most of these good mails from the bad place; but I'm sure many still slip through and get deleted without me ever knowing/reading them.

20th July 2007, 10:20	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Vista leads to boom in XP sales The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has told its freshmen to buy PCs loaded with Windows XP. One day MIT will start supporting Vista, a spokesman said. But not yet. Comp USA has a huge range of XP machines which it is planning flog during the back-to-school sales season. Circuit City wants to sell nine XP models on its Web site. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41115 __________________

20th July 2007, 10:21	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	I can't remember shops and companies being so "hostile" to a new OS from Microsoft. When XP was announced, Windows 2000 was quickly replaced on all OEM machines; with Vista this doesn't seem to be the case at all. __________________

20th July 2007, 14:36	#4
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,730	Don't think battery life is the cause; I have been using Vista laptop since last Feb. Likely the school system is not ready for Vista. Email client for example could be one of the reasons. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

20th July 2007, 14:58	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Outlook 2007 works very nicely with Vista fyi __________________

20th July 2007, 15:02	#6
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,730	Oh yes, I am using Office 2003, because Office XP outlook is not supported. I have Office 2007 but I am not ready to make the plunge just yet. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

20th July 2007, 12:42	#3
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	considering 50% of all systems sold are portables, not surprising on a desktop Vista might be an annoyance but on a laptop it is hurting the most crucial value for the customer (battery life)

20th July 2007, 15:17	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Found Outlook 2007 much better than 2003; I used Outlook Express 5.5 eons ago , then switched to 2000 with good success, moved to 2003, didn't see much improvement, switched to Thunderbird, which took a while to get used to an reorganize all 30k+ mails; Tried out Outlook 2007, and was impressed by features and speed, much niftier too than Thunderbird, had to pay $50 to get a good Thunderbird > PDF program, but it was worth it. At the end of the day though, I find gmail to be an amazingly powerful online email client compared to a full desktop one like Outlook 2007. The only problem I have (with both) is that spam filtering sometimes moves good mails to junk, checking both gmail/outlook allows me to recover most of these good mails from the bad place; but I'm sure many still slip through and get deleted without me ever knowing/reading them. __________________

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