Windows Vista sales about half of what XP was

[P_Funk]

I tried Vista extensively during the Beta phase and wasn't impressed too much. The desktop effects are all just Mac rip offs and if I am that desperate for some kind of 3D BS I'll just load up Sabayon Linux which comes pre laoded with 3D stuff that rivals MacOSX.

I myself prefer a dual install machine. Windows XP and SuSe 10.2. The only reason I even use windows is because I'm a game addict and even that might not be a good reason to stick with XP if Linux keeps developing. There isn't a single thing on Vista or XP that Linux can't do except gaming. And the irony there is that that is a market monopoly thing. Many games are made in Linux machines and the vast majority of movie CGI is on Linux based workstations.

Windows is a lame duck and its only a matter of time before either M$ reforms their useless sh1tty ways or Linux and Mac supplant them. But I emphasize a long term view in this. Getting half my friends to try Firefox was a real nail pulling experience. The stupid twats were so conformist and scared of change that they couldnt even say why they wouldn't try it. "I don't feel like it".:rotfl:

Stupid sheep.

[SUBMAN1]

I just got off the line with my rep at CompUSA and he says only a couple businesses have even bothered buying trial copies. He could count on his fingers the amount of copies he has sold so far. Bascially he is telling me that no one is buying it.

This leads me to beleive that all new sales are almost all associated with die hard consumers or brand new PC sales.

-S

[JSLTIGER]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I just got off the line with my rep at CompUSA and he says only a couple businesses have even bothered buying trial copies. He could count on his fingers the amount of copies he has sold so far. Bascially he is telling me that no one is buying it.

This leads me to beleive that all new sales are almost all associated with die hard consumers or brand new PC sales.

-S

Or those people like me who are building a new system and see the opportunity to get Vista Home Premium for $20 less than XP Pro (which I'm really hoping I won't regret).