The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista says Acer boss ACER PRESIDENT, Gianfranco Lanci has blasted Microsoft's Vista. Lanci told the Financial Times Deutschland that the impact of a new Microsoft "operating system" has never been so weedy as with Vista. "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," he said. He said PC makers had been expecting the usual shot in the arm that a new Microsoft release brings, but it had not materialised. Lanci said Acer, the world's fourth biggest PC maker, had in many cases been asked by customers to install XP instead of Vista. He said he didn't think there was enough in Vista to tempt a punter to go out and buy a new PC Asustek confirms distaste for Microsoft Vista PEOPLE STILL want Windows XP, the chairman of Asustek told the Taipei Times. Jonney Shih said that Asustek is disappointed in sales of Vista and people are still bothered about software compatibility of Microsoft products. The same article quotes an analyst as saying that when Microsoft fixes technical problems in Vista, sales in the second half of this year will improve. And the president of Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, said Vista wasn't proving a lure for people to buy new computers. Luca said people will buy Vista when they buy new machines Windows Vista "causes problems through industry" says Tiscali A READER HEARD from Tiscali that all may not be rosy for the world+dog because of incompatibilities caused by Vista. The firm told its customers... oh to heck, here's what it said below. From Dear Customer, Important: Windows Vista and your Tiscali service Microsoft have launched a new operating system called Windows Vista. If you are thinking of upgrading your system to Vista, please read the important information below. The introduction of Windows Vista has caused some problems throughout the industry. These are due due to incompatibility issues with other software. If you are upgrading to Vista there are scenarios where you may experience problems, such as being unable to connect to the Internet. This is due to incompatibility issues with your existing modem software and Vista. Most other ISPs are experiencing the same difficulties, and Tiscali is working hard (along with our modem supplier) to ensure full compatibility with Vista. We expect to have a complete solution in the next few weeks. We suggest you wait until this is ready before purchasing Vista. However, if you are still thinking of upgrading your PC to Windows Vista before that time we recommend you click on the link below to install the relevant new drivers for your modem to avoid being disconnected from the Internet. Please check your modem to see if it is a SpeedTouch or a Sagem modem, and click the link below to download drivers and get advice on how to install them. Get drivers and installation advice Kind regards, The Tiscali Team Users force Dell to resurrect XP The decision reverses a policy begun in January that meant Windows Vista was the only operating system available on almost all new home machines. The suggestion saying "Don't eliminate XP just yet" got almost 11,000 votes. In response Dell said it would offer the operating system on four models of Inspiron notebooks and two Dimension desktop PCs. "This is really odd," said Michael Silver, research vice president at analysts Gartner. "On new PCs, consumers usually do want the latest and greatest."
This has a personal benefit for ACER. They sell a lot of barebone laptops , popular in some asian states where piracy is rampant. ANd with all other competition comes with pre-loaded vista, it makes all the sense for ACER to denounce Vista..
Sounds more like they're unhappy that they didn't get the expected boost in sales when a new OS is released. Would have been a different story if people who bought Vista systems returned them and asked for XP systems. You need a damn good system for Vista while XP is way behind in terms of resource requirements. So it doesn't realy supprise me. Doesn't say anything about Vista though.
It is not only Acer, is Dell,Tiscaly,Asusteck in the thread also other companies but the post was to long to put their opinion too. Also i think Microsoft think Vista is a 'problem' too, because - soon will release a Service Pack and -at an internal meeting for its sales force this week, Microsoft confirmed the code name and approximate timing for Windows Vista's successor. The details, such as they are, aren't a huge surprise, but given the dearth of information from Microsoft on its next PC operating system, any confirmation seems notable. According to a series of PowerPoint slides presented at the company's internal "MGX" global sales meeting this week, the new version is, as expected, known by the internal name "Windows 7," and it's due out in approximately three years. But no big features were revealed, and overall, the slides don't reveal much that most people tracking Windows wouldn't have guessed. For example, one slide says Windows 7 will be "A full new OS release," available for businesses and consumers, in both 32- and 64-bit versions. "A full new OS Release" phrase make me think is something wrong with Vista at this moment.
Vista is a problem not just for Microsoft but for consumer also. Think about this: Vista requires a gig of memory, a dvd drive, etc. You can't just upgrade your OS with your current computer you have to go buy a new one. Since when does a business tell the consumer when and what to buy. Microsoft should wake up and see that they don't send trends it's the consumer that does.
Every successful software developer has a 2 year, a 5 year, and a 10 year plan.....at the very minimum. In that plan are timetables for future releases of their product. I would guess that MS probably has plans for the next 5 operating systems. As the technology improves, the software needs to address the changes to that technology. To really access the new speed, you will need the operating systems designed for that technology.
Didn't we all complain about XP also the first year? Yes, Vista probably won't run good on the PC you have, but if you buy a new one, it will.
old news.. The OEM has had to stock up on win XP because So many businesses were Not happy with vista Not necessarily I suggest you read up on how well vista has been received.
I run Vista for the sake of running Vista... on one of my lab machines. My business PC is happily running XP Pro . We're all a bit disappointed with Vista, but the bar was set very high.
well here is the problem, the tehnology has improve 64 bit,dual processor but the software is not optimized for this , even Vista 64 bit, and this is a big problem. Because the software is not optimized the hardware resources are not used efficiently.The 64 bit technology it's about actually doubling the amount of data a CPU can process per clock cycle. Servers and high-end workstation have been reaping the technology's benefits for years. But for desktop, even application that say they use 64 bit technology are not optimized for 64 bit. What about real time multitasking (dual processor) and multithread software ?
Vista is deadly, it kicks ass my friends. You should go with your instints, if you like XP get XP and Vice Versa but since I got Vista with my PC, I hardly have to do much to get things done, its totally user friendly and much more reliable. I believe it will get much better as time goes by, there will be loads more auto-updates from the Microsoft Server etc that will improve Vista even more.
It runs fine on my laptop but I do notice some problems. I was wondering about this new "windows 7" that someone spoke of though that may be what I am looking for.
Despite all the snarking from the Slashdot crowd, XP was a pretty good OS. I've been running one system for 5-1/2 years without having to wipe it clean and re-install everything*. You just didn't see that with 98 and 2000. So in a sense that stability has cost them since there's much less motivation to upgrade. [* Of course I'm just delaying the inevitable. The system is less stable than it used to be, but repaving is such an awful process I might just migrate to Vista anyway.]
LOL! I think you'll find that this is normal. XP had 2 service pack! 2000 had 5 I think. So that's no indication that MS thinks its a problem, just normal post release development. So what does that mean? What ever you want it to I suppose. For me it means support for XP will end sooner rather than late. Microsoft drops support of an OS that has been superceded by two releases. But I still don't see this as a damnation of Vista though it does remind me of peoples reaction to XP. A lot of people thought Windows 98 was better