As reported in this BBC article Vista goes on sale to businesses from today The next few days will be interesting to see just how quick businesses are to pick up Microsofts latest OS.
Some analysts predict that Vista will be an immediate success, while others think it will take longer to pick up, saying that both firms and personal users will not upgrade for the sake of it.
Rather, these commentators predict that most people will only start using Vista when they eventually decide to replace their current Microsoft-installed computers.
What is certain, is that the success of Vista will be vital for Microsoft.
Together with its Office productivity software – a new 2007 version of which is being launched alongside Vista – they account for more than 56% of Microsofts sales.
My take on this is that yes it will be a success but only when the technology comes down in price and the top end systems needed to run Vista properly are more accessible to the main stream.
I dont think any business is going to pick this up before Christmas and I dont think the main stream public will until mid next year.
So the next few weeks and months will be interesting to see who is right. As for Office 2007, Ill be putting something together in the next few day on this so will reserve my comments until then.
