"Digital home integrators say Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system has been a big fat bust in the home market.
That bleak Vista view, however, has translated into healthy profits for home integrators ripping Vista off systems and replacing the much-ballyhooed operating system with Windows XP. Microsoft, for its part, claims demand is strong for Vista and its momentum is unprecedented. But digital home integrators at the D&H Distributing New England Technology Show last month in Quincy, Mass., say they are seeing a healthy rip-and-replace business that is winning them over new customers who bought systems at retail. Bunker Herbest, co-owner of Computer Essentials, a Bangor, Maine, system builder, said out of the 40 systems a month that Computer Essentials is building, only about five are Vista-based systems. Herbest said his shop was ripping and replacing Vista with XP on as many as 12 systems a month. Computer Essentials, in fact, has been advertising its ability to offer Windows XP rather than Vista. The Vista rip-and-replace service has "definitely been good for business," Herbest said. "What's great is Vista is being pushed everywhere. Customers can't find anybody to get rid of it so they come see people like us. We're getting a couple of customers a day at least." " <http://www.crn.com/digital-home/201805832?queryText=Hasta+La+Vista> _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
