How Big A Flop Is Vista?

October 19, 2007 By Digital Trends Staff

How Big A Flop Is Vista?

UK retail group claims the failure of Vista has cost them millions.

Windows Vista has its fans and its critics. British retail group DSG, whichowns electronics and appliance company Currys and PC World, is definitely in the latter camp. It claims that thefailure of Vista has cost them about $40 million in lost revenue. Customers have stayed away from new computers running Vista, and there was never the anticipated rush to buy boxed copies of the OS. The company has ordered plenty of new machines, especially laptops, anticipating users would want to upgrade, but it never materialized. Likewise, OS sales were far less than expected, in partbecause of Vista’s hardware requirements, which meant it wasn’t compatible with older PCs. DSG Finance Director Kevin O’Byrne also expressed his disappointment with the lackof promotional support from Microsoft on Vista and told the Guardian, "We thought many more customers than transpired would want to change their existing hardware."

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jtr at 8:37am 19th November 2008 Vista is a slow fat flashy flop. Microsoft (hopefully) will get it this time. Fix what you have forced on the end users and stop selling new flops. Live up to your advantage by releasing real software that works on today's computers, and stop selling me beta software that needs a more powerful, more expensive computer, just to see if I like it or not. I don't want to buy a new PC just to use your beta software. This is not anger or negativity, it simply is what I am forced to live with. I swear, there is nothing worse that a arrogant geek telling me I don't like it because I don't know how to use it, when I paid my money for the only real option there is for a person needing to do business. I do not have time for an "unconventional" O.S. The bottom line is Microsoft claims to serve the business community and Vista is cryptic and unstable and more of a problem than I had before I was forced to upgrade just to grow my business (we have to buy new P.C.'s). And I am not big enough to say no to an O.S. that, I may have to have 1 year from now but might not even be supported. It sucks and I will not make excuses for Microsoft. They have the monopoly advantage and need to be held accountable for it.
James at 3:08pm 10th July 2008 Couldn't agree more. Except: consider OSX as I did. It is so so so unbelievably better then Vista. And otherwise go for Linux.
Scott Free at 9:38pm 11th January 2008 Vista is the biggest POS os to come from MS since ME. I can not tell you how many apps just do not work properly with it. Vista is garbage don't waste your time/money, stick with XP or go with a free distro of linux. Thanks for reading and good luck!