Paul DeGroot
Paul DeGroot
buying computers consumers hardware home older people
In theory, you would have people buying computers with XP Home in 2006, and it would immediately have to be upgraded. There are also a lot of consumers with older hardware who would have to buy a new computer to be secure.
additional hours support technical
That's the most important new benefit, ... the additional technical support hours and the elimination of some of the caveats and restrictions on support.
client refresh taken
They have never taken so long to refresh a client OS.
awkward existing future rather release update
It's particularly awkward because its an update to an existing release rather than one incorporated in a future release.
features last microsoft misses ship time
Vista is, I hope, the last time that Microsoft labors so long, misses so many ship dates, and revises so many features midstream.
boat customers downer hard holiday imagine major missing pc purchasing time
This will probably be a major downer for the 2006 holiday season, a big time for PC purchases. It's hard to imagine a lot of customers purchasing a new PC but missing the Vista boat by a month.