http://www.crn.com.au/blogs.aspx?CIaBEID=49 Quote:
It's starting to look like a PC-free Christmas and everyone is blaming it on Microsoft's delayed shipment of Windows Vista.
Reports from the USA have PC shops offering Vista upgrade coupons with any new computer but until this thing ships the jury is still out on exactly how much grunt will be required.
Nobody wants to splurge on a new PC only to find they've got junk it in January or stay with WinXP. And the US data also suggests 70 percent of PCs will be in the sub-$1000 category which will likely not have what it takes to make Vista fly.
All this uncertainty isn't good for reseller business, and if we can't sell a few more tech toys at Christmas things are really looking dire.
Rabid for one is looking harder at becoming a full Apple reseller. After all, those cute boxes can now run WinXP if required, and Mac OS X looks a lot like, well, Vista actually. But it's here now and shipping.
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**** you very much microsoft. Even with your January 2007 release of Vista and your coupon, it making this christmas 2006 so far as been rather quiet as every one is just sitting back waiting for the Vista.
And these "free upgrades" that they talked about earlier are not actially free. Like Microsoft still expects you to pay for at least the shipping.
Ho Ho ******* Ho Microsoft!