On Monday 13 November 2006 18:40 Clogwog wrote:
> In the US consumer market, the best predictor of Windows Vista uptake is
> Windows XP's adoption history.
So what you are saying is that there is *no* real predictor of Windows Vista
uptake.
> Forrester's historical tracking of the
> installed base of computers — since 1998 — gives us a view into how
> Windows Vista will progress.
Since *1998* - gosh! You Americans have *such* a sense of history!
> Of course, creative marketing can accelerate
> the pace of adoption in the near term, but over the product's lifetime,
> consumers' entrenched behavior will determine Vista's growth, from 12
> million households in 2007 to 73 million households by 2011.
> < US only >
> http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,40463,00.html
> <aside>
> And another 100,000 of Schestowitz's messages won't change that!
Fascinating!
73 million households by 2011?
Tell me, how many PS3 systems are predicted to be in U.S households by
20011?
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