Ugly view mars Windows Vista birthday
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| According to latest data from NPD, Microsoft is shipping fewer boxed copies
| of Windows Vista than it did Windows XP at the same point in the operating
| systems' lifecycles.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/30/vista_birthday/
After a year with Windows Vista, I’m ready to switch back to Windows XP
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| This isn’t a blog entry where I’m going to analyze the technical differences
| between the two operating systems or give a list of pros and cons why you
| should or shouldn’t run Windows Vista. What I am to do here is catalog MY
| experience with Windows Vista and MY reasons why I’ve decided to return to
| running Windows XP.
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http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2007/12/02/after-a-year-with-windows-vista-im-ready-to-switch-back-to-windows-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/3arpe6
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Vista sales slow despite record MS profit
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| The sales rate of Microsoft's Windows Vista is gradually slowing down as the
| operating system reaches the one-year anniversary of its release to
| businesses, according to the company's latest financial results.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/10/26/vista.sales.rate.slowing/
Nine burning questions about how Vista is really doing
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| Instead, there's so much spin -- from Microsoft, from rivals such
| as Apple Inc., from market analysts pushing research and more research
| -- it would even leave Sasha Cohen dizzy. Here's our attempt to unravel
| this puzzle-shrinkwrapped-in-a-mystery.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9021838
http://tinyurl.com/2u6gzq
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
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| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
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