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http://reddevnews.com/news/print.aspx?editorialsid=10147
« on: August 27, 2008, 08:24:10 am »
Vista Ramp Up Is Happening Now, Study Says

by Kurt Mackie
25 August 2008

Businesses may have been slow to adopt Microsoft Windows Vista, but expect that to change by late 2008 to 2009, according to a Forrester Research report led by Benjamin Gray, published last week.

The new report, "Corporate Desktop Operating System Trends, Q4 2007 Through Q2 2008," takes a slightly more favorable view of Microsoft's flagship operating system than a previous Forrester report on the subject by Thomas Mendel. Forrester's earlier report said that Vista had been "rejected" by the enterprise crowd.

The new desktop report suggested that foot dragging on Vista by businesses had come about from factors such as the economy, "Vista's perception problems" and past incompatibilities. Those issues will diminish with time, making 2009 "a big year for change," the report predicts.

The study found an indication that businesses are already shifting to Vista. For example, conversions from Windows XP to Windows Vista are on the rise, from five percent in 4Q 2007 to 8.8 percent in 2Q 2008. The study called that finding "a new trend." Previously, Vista upgrades were associated mostly with "Windows 2000 shops."

IT administrators should move to Vista for security reasons. They also need to stay current with software lifecycles and aim for compatibility targeting Windows 7, Microsoft's next-generation operating system, the report concludes.

Some IT administrators may be talking about waiting to upgrade until Windows 7 makes its appearance, estimated at around 2010 or so. However, the report's authors recommend against doing that.

"IT managers must stay the course and migrate to Windows Vista sooner rather than later," the report states.

That conclusion echoes a previous Forrester report by Gray et al. called "Building the Business Case for Windows Vista."

The desktop report had a few good words to say about enterprise use of Apple's Macintosh OS. It found Mac OS use rising from a 3.6 percent in Oct. 2007 to 4.5 percent in June 2008. The study's authors concluded that Apple gained success in the enterprise "without even trying to break into the market."

That said, Microsoft Windows still held 94.9 percent of the market, and Linux tanked at just 0.5 percent, according to the report.

Forrester's desktop report was based on "more than 50,000 clients" connecting to Forrester's Web site. To get the complete report, go here.



Kurt Mackie is online news editor, Enterprise Group, at 1105 Media Inc.
MCTS: SQL Server 2005 | MCP: Windows Server 2003 | MCTS: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist | MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer | MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist 2003 | VSP: VMware Sales Professional | MCTS: Vista

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Re: http://reddevnews.com/news/print.aspx?editorialsid=10147
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2008, 03:08:40 pm »
Going to Windows Vista now just seems dumb to me.  Why not wait about 16 months and upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out and bypass Vista altogether??!?  I guess it a company wants to waste their money I could think of ways of doing that.  Heck for that matter if these companies really want to waste money I could give them my address where they could send me a check or three...   ;)

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Re: http://reddevnews.com/news/print.aspx?editorialsid=10147
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2008, 09:48:49 pm »
Because Windows 7 is Vista SP 2

They may as well get the infrastructure in place before it is released.

In order to install Windows 7, you either have to have Vista SP 1 installed, or you have to buy a full install of the OS.. XP will not upgrade.
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Re: http://reddevnews.com/news/print.aspx?editorialsid=10147
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2008, 03:46:27 pm »
...or you have to buy a full install of the OS.


That's what I'm saying.  Just wait until Windows 7 comes out and get the full install.  That way they have one OS that has most of the bugs worked out to worry about.  Since Windows 7 is only about 16 months away, IMHO it would be easier to just make one transition instead of two.  Your mileage may very but it seems easier that way to me then install to Vista on every business machine and then turn right around and do it all over again with Windows 7.

That's what I'm doing in a since, I'm planning on building a new machine soon but I'm going to wait to do the build so that it coincides with Windows 7.  That way I'm installing only one OS and not upgrading from Vista.  That way I only have to buy one license.  I don't want to build a machine, install Windows Vista and then turn right around and install Windows 7 upgrade and then reinstall every program again.  In the mean time I'll just sit on WinXP since it's working just fine, which is, I suspect, what everyone else is planning on doing as well.

But again this is just IMHO and your mileage may very.