My situation mirrors orkan's exactly. I own and operate a computer store and no one wants Vista. I won't say it's 0 in 300. In my case maybe more like 1/20 or less, but that's still the same thing.
I sell what the customer wants, and the customers do NOT want Vista.
And I'm no Vista hater. I like it quite a bit. I've used Home Premium 64bit on my home system since launch day. It's fine. I LIKE it. But I can not push something that people do not want.
The frustrating thing is that there are software and hardware walls that we are about to hit. The operating system must change. We NEED to go to a 64bit OS and soon or addressable memory limits are going to hold back games. We NEED to get off of the XP kernel before viruses destroy everyone's computer. The rate of severe infection in skyrocketing with XP. But no one cares. They hate Vista so much that I can't even begin to sell it.
So there you have it. I don't know what Microsoft is going to have to do. It's a rock and a hard place. Force it on people and they will hate. Don't force it on people and wait until XP reaches its absolute limits and they will hate.
It is possible that Vista will fail and the next OS will be our only hope but by then the issues will be dire and people will have to change no matter what.
Whatever. I'm sick to death of listening to customers whine about what someone ELSE said is wrong with Vista. I simply do not care anymore. People are going to have to learn the hard way. I'm not going to try to talk folks into something where they insist they know better than me. Whatever. They want XP, I sell XP.
Can you tell I'm tired of this? It's like living the HD format war every day behind the counter.
I sell what the customer wants, and the customers do NOT want Vista.
And I'm no Vista hater. I like it quite a bit. I've used Home Premium 64bit on my home system since launch day. It's fine. I LIKE it. But I can not push something that people do not want.
The frustrating thing is that there are software and hardware walls that we are about to hit. The operating system must change. We NEED to go to a 64bit OS and soon or addressable memory limits are going to hold back games. We NEED to get off of the XP kernel before viruses destroy everyone's computer. The rate of severe infection in skyrocketing with XP. But no one cares. They hate Vista so much that I can't even begin to sell it.
So there you have it. I don't know what Microsoft is going to have to do. It's a rock and a hard place. Force it on people and they will hate. Don't force it on people and wait until XP reaches its absolute limits and they will hate.
It is possible that Vista will fail and the next OS will be our only hope but by then the issues will be dire and people will have to change no matter what.
Whatever. I'm sick to death of listening to customers whine about what someone ELSE said is wrong with Vista. I simply do not care anymore. People are going to have to learn the hard way. I'm not going to try to talk folks into something where they insist they know better than me. Whatever. They want XP, I sell XP.
Can you tell I'm tired of this? It's like living the HD format war every day behind the counter.