![]() ![]() The primary vehicle for moving Vista has been new computers, and even that has taken a hit in the kneecaps with the sudden rise of netbooks, which fit poorly with an OS that was made for newer, faster computers.įurther complicating matters is that the quality of Vista wasn’t particularly stellar at launch. Microsoft’s own worst enemy was XP, and the users complacent with it have been in no big rush to upgrade. ![]() While Vista’s adoption has not been a failure, it hasn’t necessarily been a success story either. Now two and a quarter years later we can see the outcome of that. For many users in the consumer space, Vista is simply a version of Windows where (to borrow a quote from Field of Dreams) "If you build it, they will come." These people will get Vista on their new computers and they'll like it because it is good, but having never had the chance to decide if they didn't want it. When we wrote our Windows Vista Performance Guide, we were left wondering about Microsoft’s ability to sell Vista to a community of users well entrenched with Windows XP Among those that won't become switchers, Microsoft's own worst enemy is itself, as it needs to prove that Vista is a worthwhile upgrade to XP when XP is already so refined. ![]()
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