MS helps us with the choice!

[Daniel ~]

written by Daniel
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Limited choices for Windows XP holdouts
By Tom Krazit
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: February 22, 2007, 4:00 AM PST


Despite words of caution from some in the tech industry that it's too early to make the switch to Microsoft's Windows Vista, many PC shoppers have no choice.
The PC industry has moved almost everything they sell to consumers--and some businesses--over to Vista, both in stores and online.
To be fair, there's a reason for it. Vista integrates new security technologies and entertainment features that were unavailable on Windows XP machines. It also makes finding a Wi-Fi connection a simpler task and makes it easier to search a PC's hard drive for a particular file or document. And PC sales did jump during the first few weeks the operating system was available to consumers.
"It's like a car dealer. They're going to blow out the '07s; they'd rather sell (customers) the '08s."
-- Samir Bhavnani,
analyst with Current Analysis

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