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Originally Posted by DaveF
But I lack the imagination to see a major switchover at large corporations any time soon.
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I would say that the comments you have posted in regards to the corporate environment are spot on.
I love my Apple products but they are not going to make any kind of major inroads in the corporate arena anytime soon. They will continue to be what they are, a niche.
They simply do not have the right mix of products for mass acceptance in the large corporate environment. That's just the reality of the situation.
I do think they will continue to make inroads in the home/consumer market.
As for Vista, I haven't had a single problem running Vista so I'm always surprised by all the stories about how bad it is performing. I guess that might be because I would be considered a power user who knows what he is doing but some of my friends who are simply users and they also not having any problems running it on their computers. Of course I realize that other’s experiences my differ from my own I just thought in order to be fair and balanced that a positive experience with Vista should also be reported.
By the way, I found the first link in this thread interesting. Eric’s assertion that it shows a chink in Microsoft’s plans is incorrect. The article as to do with the ULCPC (ultra-low-cost personal computer) market which as the article points out are generally governments and schools in emerging markets like India and Asia. These computers tend to be, by our standards, underpowered and not acceptable for mature markets like the US, Europe and others. Vista was never intended to be used on such computers so Microsoft has decided to continue to make XP available for this market in an attempt to gain additional sales. Why wouldn’t they want to go after this segment? They already have the product and it cost literally nothing to continue to offer it for this market segment. That is in reality a sound and prudent business practice that most international corporations follow. Your premium products for markets that can afford them and your older products for markets that can’t afford the newer ones.