Jun 26

Intel Says "No Thanks" To Vista

I support and manage a number of Windows desktops as part of my job, and have been a little frustrated lately, having to put off even trying Vista on our network because the database software package we run just doesn’t play well with anything but XP Pro. XP Pro is a must. Period, end of discussion.

And with Microsoft starting to play hardball, telling PC manufacturers that they have to quit selling machines with XP bundled & move to Vista, it appeared as though buying anything with XP Pro is only going to become more difficult as time goes on. Dell — the 500lb gorilla of the PC industry — is still selling machines with XP Pro preinstalled (with a Vista installer thrown in; what’s that saying about the value of Vista?), but even they will have to succumb to the 5,000lb gorilla at some point.

Then today I read a piece on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) about how chipmaker giant Intel has reportedly “found no compelling case for adopting Vista.”

What a relief. I feel a bit better now.

via NYT by way of TUAW

by Dave   June 26, 2008 2:48 PM   |
  tags: 
windows, vista, intel, microsoft

Comments

by Deane,   June 26, 2008 4:59 PM  

Every time I check the OS numbers in Google Analytics for any site, I see the complete and total failure of Vista.

On all the sites I monitor, the largest Vista penetration I've seen in GA is 21%. And it's been out for 18 months.

Total. Fail.

I never tried Vista, so I was never exposed to the driver problems and slow performance that other people wrestled with. For me, Vista failed even before I could ever install it -- quite simply, it offered no compelling reason to upgrade.

Still, to this day, my impression of Vista is that it's just a pretty theme for XP. Some of you may say, "Well, you need to learn more about it..." Why? It's Microsoft's job to compel me to upgrade. It's not my job to go looking for a reason. If I have no reason in my head after 18 months are marketing, that's Microsoft's fault, not mine.

I've seen a lot of commentary that interprets Microsoft's increasing discussion of Windows 7 as evidence they've abandoned any hope of Vista succeeding in the marketplace and are moving on.

by benxamin,   June 27, 2008 3:07 AM  

Will ektron run on a mac?

by Peter,   July 13, 2008 1:34 PM  

It's Monday morning, 2:30 am. I just had to deal with a new issue on my ever-smooth Vista system. (google it! try and make sense of the problem)

Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification service. Apparently this prevents guest (or non-Administrative) users from logging in - but oh wait, the services requred for Internet is not working, either. Apparently this happened after some kind of update.

I also looked into System Restore, only to find that this Windows XP-borne feature was disabled by default (MS? or HP?) and I have no restore points to revert to. Great!

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