Channel gains from Vista's woes
26 Sep 2007 | 14:08 BST
Give us XP for crying out loud
A REPORT SAID smaller system integrators are benefiting from the reluctance of people to buy brand name PCs that come stacked with versions of Microsoft Vista.
The report, at Computerworld, quoted one system integrator reckoning his business has soared because people want Windows XP and won't shift to Vista.
That's because Vista appears to make cruel and unusual demands on a system and peripherals attached to a system.
One system integrator quoted in the report said he wasn't recommending any of his customers shift to Vista until this time next year. If the report is true, it won't leave hardware vendors ecstatic about the news.
Many of them had hoped that the introduction of Vista would give their businesses a much needed fillip. The brand multinationals are also probably fuming too but apart from Acer appear to be too frit to say boo to a Vole. µ
L'INQ
Computerworld
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