Winterlight,
I does appear that "business" just does not support Vista. (yet).
I can not say I blame them (based on the vitriol I have read on this list.)
Even so. Why do you expect Intel and/or AMD to march in lock-step with
whatever S. Balmer dictates?
Intel/AMD does hardware. MS does software. We all know that there is
plenty of SW that works fine on the current/future hardware............?
Is this divided loyalty?
Is this about a bit of "fan-boy?"
I just do not understand your vent.
Best,
Duncan
At 08:55 06/26/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Reports: Intel to skip Vista upgrade
For any given release of Windows, there are companies that choose to skip
it. But when the company is Intel, it's a big deal.
Following a report Monday on the Inquirer, the New York Times reported
Wednesday that Intel's IT department "found no compelling case" for
upgrading. Ouch.
And that's despite the fact that it's been nearly seven years since XP
debuted. It's not a good thing, if your customers are electing to stick
with 7-year-old technology. (In fairness, XP did get a fairly big update
with Windows XP Service Pack 2, but even that is four years old at this point.)
Microsoft, which once predicted businesses would adopt Vista at twice the
rate they moved to XP, has scaled back its ambitions and these days talks
a lot about how long the adoption curve is for businesses when it comes to
new operating systems.
