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Bye bye Vista, wait on Windows 7

Monday, November 30th, 2009

We were notified recently by our vendors that we will no longer be able to have Vista installed on machines we order. No big deal since we NEVER ordered a single system with Vista.

Windows 7 – We love it, but DON’T UPGRADE without talking to us.

First of all, we have found that upgrades usually create issues, we prefer clean installs.
Secondly, while we like Windows 7, it is not a “need” or must have, so use your existing system until it breaks.
Lastly, “Be Prepared”.  Be prepared to update ALL of your software.  Intuit has warned us that only their latest versions of their software work properly under Windows 7 (we have seen some of this).

So, think Vista interface running on XP and then you have Windows 7.  We will probably start shipping Windows 7 to select customers around the new year.

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Microsoft is laughing at themselves

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Even Ballmer Sees Windows Vista As Joke Fodder

Microsoft is poking fun at Vista – possibly to distance itself in preparation for Windows 7.

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Death of Vista at hand

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) partners believe that once Windows 7 arrives, already-weak market demand for Windows Vista PCs will decline even further, reaching the approximate level of interest that exists today for sightseeing tours to Chernobyl.

Microsoft recently told IDG News it’s not sure if PC makers will be able to sell machines with Vista after Windows 7 comes out. It’s hard to see that as anything other than a white flag of surrender when one considers Microsoft’s past efforts to depict Vista as the unfortunate victim of negative hearsay.

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XP To Windows 7 Leap Won’t Be Easy

Monday, May 4th, 2009

We have been recommending that our customers skip Vista and wait for TNBT (The Next Big Thing). Unfortunately that move will be more complicated that it may seem today according industry reports.

Microsoft should release Windows 7 to manufacturing by September in order to give OEMs time to install it on new PCs in time for the holiday season. But most organizations will need between 12 and 18 months after Windows 7 ships to conduct application testing and other migration tasks – this means that end users will be able to use windows 7 in mid-2011.

The good (?) news is that Microsoft will support Windows XP through April 2014. As with all good news there is a downside – that drivers for new hardware will not be backward compatible with XP long before then.

Stay tuned.

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