__/ [ JDS ] on Thursday 05 October 2006 18:45 \__
> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:41:29 +0100, B Gruff wrote:
>
>> An estimate of the cost of updating corporate machines from the previous
>> version of an OS from a well-known vendor to that same vendor's
>> anticipated new release:-
>>
>> http://smallbusiness.itworld.com/4383/nls_networking061005/page_1.html
>
> "New PCs will cost $1,500-$2,000. Darn few existing corporate PCs will
> have the video horsepower needed to run Aero, Vista's primary upgrade
> inducement."
>
> I repeat the important bit: "Vista's primary upgrade inducement."
>
>
> So even industry magazines recognize that the only part of Vista that is
> seen as an important inducement to upgrade IS EYE CANDY!!!!
>
> Not security
>
> Not interoperability (although we all know that since MS defines "multiple
> platforms" as Windows 95, 98, NT, XP, 2000, etc. "interoperability" will
> actually be quite high for Vista :)
>
> Not stability
>
> Not speed
>
> EYE CANDY!!!
>
> But of course, that is all the Home user really cares about, initially.
> Fine for them. But will business users?
>
> hmmm...
Businesses can get VIsta (with or without the Eye Candy addon, though DRM is
a must-have) via broadband.
http://tinyurl.com/qw892
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