Jul
26
2008
pooja
Microsoft has launched Window Vista giving a sideline to the older Window XP, but it seems users are in love with the older one and are unable to accept the newer Window Vista.
According to a recent Forrester survey, less than 10 percent of the 2,300 companies surveyed use Vista. Forrester says 87.1 percent of companies surveyed continue to use Windows XP. The most disturbing point of the survey for Microsoft is that many of the pre-loaded Vista machines are being downgraded to XP in compliance with corporate licensing plans.
As told to a leading tech magazine, “it would be wise by Microsoft to consider following the lead of Microsoft’s important partner Intel and re-evaluating the case of Vista.”
The report contradicts Redmond giants claim that over 180 million copies of Vista have been sold. It seems that users are not interested in saying goodbye to one of the most popular operating systems. It is a bad news for Microsoft and seems very hard to digest but along with this the report also had a bit of good news for Microsoft. It found Vista usage among businesses going up by more than 40 percent since January and that the rate of adoption of Vista remains twice that of Mac OS X.
Tags: Forrester survey, Microsoft, Window Vista, Window XP
Mar
03
2008
Alok Vats
Microsoft is surprisingly took a decision on planning to cut down the rates of Windows Vista. Microsoft said on Thursday that it is planning to lower the retail prices for several version of Vista.
Only for the higher-end versions of Vista and the upgrade version used to move from XP or another copy of Vista, rates will be degraded for those in U.S. The suggested price for Vista Ultimate drops to $219 from $299, while Home Premium falls to $129, from $159.
Other developed markets will also see price cuts, while in emerging markets; Microsoft is eliminating the distinction between full and upgrade versions of Home Basic and Home Premium. It attempts to convince more users there to use genuine software.
Microsoft completed Windows Vista in 2006 end and its retail launch started from January 2007. More than 100 million copies of it are sold but retail sales have significantly trailed those of XP in its early days and Vista has received a number of critical reviews.
Windows consumer marketing vice president Brad Brooks said, “Microsoft had been testing lower prices over the past few months and was surprised to find that the amount of revenue lost was more than made up for by an increase in the number of PC buyers willing to shell out for an upgrade”.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Vista Ultimate, Window Vista, Windows, Windows XP
