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Window Vista release will/won't slip further
by Jordan Running May 24th 2006 at 3:20PM
I'm so confused. First I read this Reuters report from yesterday that says Microsoft "is 'confident' that [Windows Vista] will meet its targeted launch date." That's according to Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's Platform Products and Services Group. But then today there's a story at NeoWin that quotes CEO Steve Ballmer saying, "We think we are on track for shipping early in the year. We've talked about the month, but we get a chance to critically assess all of the feedback we'll get from this beta release then confirm or move [the launch date] a few weeks." So which is it? Confident or not? I'm not exactly feeling reassured. Ballmer is the one that has the power to name a ship date and make it happen, but Allchin is a lot closer to the product itself and it's he who Ballmer probably asks "Is it done?" In other words, when Vista will finally drop is as uncertain as ever.
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james 42 said 4:53PM on 5-24-2006
Because of this and other rumors that Vista will be further delayed, I have given up on it and ordered a (white) MacBook. Though I will be dual booting with XP, with out better video power, my new notebook will never get Vista. I am now OK with that.
Maybe Vista will be ready the next time I need a new notebook?
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Mr. K. said 6:53PM on 5-24-2006
Read another article saying that Vista Beta 2 is buggy. A year for Vista is an eternity in the computer world and I have work to get done today. I suggest MSFT take a cue from Apple (in yet another way) and not talk about products until they're officially ready to ship.
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gorshan said 11:18PM on 7-17-2006
why would you guys still insists on hanging on to a product including its so called upgrade knowing all too well it is defective and buggy?
just because majority are using it and you have to confirm with the herd mentality?
i have converted to ubuntu linux. i run a cybercafe. my customers love it and they have thumbs up their nose at microsoft.
get real and get a life.
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