Microsoft Vista Released – Sort Of
by
Randy Mears
The big news on the PC front today is the release of Microsoft Vista. According to this MSNBC article, there is a caveat; consumers can’t get it on their home PC until Jan 30th. This business-only release approach is a good way for businesses to get some early hands-on experience with the new OS, but it is likely that only a small percentage of businesses will actually migrate to Vista before the consumer versions hit the street. This is particularly true for large corporations.
Consumer adoption will probably begin earlier than business adoption even though businesses can get the product first. It is more likely that the march to Vista will really begin when the new crop of consumer PCs start shipping with Vista pre-loaded.
