I have read many articles lately talking on how DELL has began to offer systems running Microsoft Windows XP, even after its successor has been released. Possibly not a good sign for any Redmond software engineers. However, with a closer look at the reasons why this is the case may yield some more reasonable answers.
In the organizations I am aware of, Vista had not been deployed due to software compatibility problems. The main candidates include Cisco VPN client and Lotus Notes. There has not been any discussion on staff retraining or any such guff.... While the back room tech boys still protest about Vista (and indeed any Microsoft product), there is still a large demand for it. This will be evident in the months following the expected roll out of service pack 1 in late 2007, when from what I understand many large organizations have planned to migrate their systems. At this point the above mentioned products should be Vista ready, and the adoption of the new windows can start in the enterprise.
Many of the local universities have informed students not to purchase Vista, as there is no software support for it with the current standard operating environment and infrastructure. The situation is similar for other groups. I would imagine the student market alone is a large market segment enough for DELL to continue to offer XP.
When you look back on recent Windows products, for a large part, most of the applications would work on all of them, or with very little change. Vista, as I understand, requires a larger investment in re-engineering. So perhaps the real questions that should be asked is why are developers not targeting Vista with drivers and applications yet, what are they waiting for?
The short answer I assume is probably service pack 1 and demand. For Microsoft, probably not the answr they want, however if they want Vista to succeed, perhaps they should nudge Cisco for a new VPN client and then talk with IBM about updating Lotus.
From a consumers point of you, I didn't notice any thing in Vista that really said "buy me". So if I were to buy a new system, clearly a 64-bit one, I would find with Vista that the drivers just aren't there. The case isn't better for the 32-bit version. So if to remain in the Windows world, XP is the only option - which may only be common opinion and not reality. The Vista capable and Vista ready systems issues are also a problem, another hindrance for Windows 2007 uptake.
Buy the way, "Flip3D", totally lame. WPF and Avalon, consumers are not developers and really don't care about the under pinnings.... I think the Windows team need to re-evaluate their focus group strategies and work more on unifying windows, and get rid of all the new strange UI elements brought forward in XP service pack 2 and Vista. Ask your self, does the security centre with the firewall settings really sit well the rest of windows, or does it look like a 3rd party product latched on the side.
enough rant.... Vista's slow uptake, not probably a dislike of Vista, but a shortage of apps and drivers.
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