Vista Still Getting Mixed Reviews

Windows Vista is now on the migration map, the majority of enterprise users, at least according to one researcher. But still finalizing in the media. Case Study: Dihande V Zach, the well-known high-tech curmudgeon / columnist, it has been here for the vision. So many, so he threats to dump a total of windows.

With Vista? Dvorak cited price - many of whom are exaggerated. Then, after rich version, making procurement decisions would not be unnecessarily complicated.

He said, the company has taken its eye off the prize. Why? One word, Dvorak said: Googles.

"A lot of people in this mess, I strongly believe that this is because Microsoft Recently, Google and indulged in online search, Microsoft will be the advertising business, as Google is in the advertising business at the same time, can t do their real work, ", he wrote. Others agreed.

This similar to the mountain to Mohammed. Dvorak, the guy is definitely a window, rather than Linux or Mac head. Now he threat (species), jumped ship.

On the Canadian side, from Microsoft point of view, the company is beginning to weave into its Vista in the future infrastructure projects, at least according to A market research. Up to the present, 2 percent of the desktop computer, 600 of the organizations surveyed by Forrester Research companies are running vision.

This figure sounds insignificant, but the next year the official version, it isn t necessarily a bad thing, according to Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray. Vista, usually available in the end of January, although the business has entered an account on about.

Gray said the company-from Windows XP or earlier versions of some of the considerations.

"Vista already have a fairly serious hardware requirements and the company to sit down with the line occasionally several things: First, [in a long time ] have limited information available to the Service Pack 1, the company in view of SP1 Microsoft blessings of this operating system is complete, they are waiting for the words, now they know, It to [in the first quarter of this year, 2008], they will have more serious escalation, "Grey said Microsoft development news.

Companies to test their line of business applications in the new operating system if there are compatibility issues, make decisions and, therefore, he said. This process could take 6 to 12 months, with a number of other companies, and even budgeting for a period of 18 months in order to fully check their own customized applications. : "If they are not compatible, they will be updated through the Windows Update or through other ISV, " Gray said.

Many users and developers who support them do not know what great benefit Vista than Windows XP, especially since many of the features promised for Vista (when it is able to participate in Longhorn), is now pulling to Windows XP.

Gray said, Vista biggest advantage over XP is the safety and security management, it is very important for the IT department. ", But there are also good availability, user experience things, but the biggest drivers, just to maintain current with Microsofts support, "he said.