Nov 27 2006

Vista adoption to outpace XP, analyst says

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Adoption of Microsoft Corp’s Windows Vista operating system will happen at a faster pace than any previous operating system release, a software analyst predicted last week.
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Up to 15 percent of PC users will move to Vista within the first year that the operating system is available, said David Mitchell, the software practice leader at Ovum Ltd. “That would make it the fastest-moving operating system ever,” he said.

By comparison, between 12 to 14 percent of users switched to Windows XP during the first year of its release, Mitchell said.

Vista will gain traction in the market from quick adoption by both corporate and consumer users. For example, companies that participate in Microsoft’s Software Assurance licensing program will automatically get upgrades to Vista, Mitchell said. “On the consumer side, there has been a bit of pent-up demand. Just look at the beta adoption in the consumer space — it’s very high,” he said.

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  1. VAMPYRE BLADE

    Beta is free to try besides xp works fine for now and vista is worth the money i tried it.

  2. VAMPYRE BLADE

    i ment to say vista isnt worth the money.

  3. soulxtc

    Hmm really? Haven’t tried but am rebuilding a PC for a friend and was thinking of using it instead of XP…….maybe I’ll reconsider.

  4. VAMPYRE BLADE

    Best thing to do is play around with it yourself maybe you will like it but its nothing great but thats my opinion and its not worth $400 for the ultimate version

  5. Jorge

    sounds like a great way to get hooks into the users so they will buy it later…

  6. black_magiic

    I want it for DX10 gaming.

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