Retail Windows' Dim Vista
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| I thought I had seen the worst of the new PC-buying situation. I was wrong.
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| On Saturday, we visited friends in Fredericksburg, Va., where I had chance to
| see, not one, but two miserable Windows Vista PC buying situations. Retailers
| share the blame with manufacturers and Microsoft, which should never have
| unleashed Windows Vista Home Basic (aka Windows Basic) on unsuspecting
| consumers.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/retail_windows_dim_vista.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Where are the trolls and marketing people who say that Vista has a decent
installed base? 6 months and just about 3% (merely cannibalising XP, which
Apple and Linux gradually devour as well).
Yesterday:
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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