[Hidden-tech] How much of the $2 Billion pie is going to be yours?

Ron Miller ronsmiller at comcast.net
Wed Jan 24 11:26:42 EST 2007


I haven't tried the nifty 3D effects yet, but my guess is they won't 
work on this, especially given the graphics issue I'm having.

Ron


Bruce G. Hooke wrote:
> I have not yet seen a copy of Windows Vista, but based on what I've read you
> can run Vista in a stripped-down mode that makes it a bit less of a resource
> hog, but also means doing without most of the more interesting features. Let
> me emphasize again, this is just based on what I've read.  
> 
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> yours?
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> I'm running Vista on what my son affectionately calls my "lab rat" PC. 
> It's an HP Pavilion with 2Ghz Pentium 4 processor and 512 MB of RAM. 
> Other than the fact that I can't resolve a video problem with the Intel
> on-board graphics, it runs fine. In fact, some tasks such as searching the
> hard drive, it does very fast.
> 
> Beyond that, after mucking around briefly, I don't see anything truly
> compelling about this upgrade. There may be features I haven't discovered
> yet, but it looks like the same old Windows to me with a gussied up
> front-end.
> 
> To be fair, I have hardly put it through its paces in any significant
> fashion, but early returns are that I'm not that impressed.
> 
> Ron
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> Jeff Rutherford wrote:
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>> >From what I've read re: Vista to date, I think that the majority of 
>>> Vista
>> sales will have to be OEMs, simply because Vista is such a resource 
>> intensive OS, it will slow 95% of currently configured computers to an 
>> absolute crawl.
>>
>> I think Vista will have a much longer sales cycle than earlier Windows 
>> OS upgrades, but the majority of PC manufacturers will make a complete 
>> switch on January 30th, and every machine will ship with Vista.
>>
>> It's just that Vista is so resource intensive, Microsoft won't be able 
>> to sell as many upgrades to existing computers unless you're using a 
>> high-end gaming PC with tons of memory, a top-of-the-line video card, etc.
>>
>> Jeff
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>> Robert Heller
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:48 PM
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>> be yours?
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>> At Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:28:25 -0500 "Nick Braak" 
>> <misterlister at nickbraak.com>
>> wrote:
>>
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>>> A just released report predicts that the imminent launch of 
>>> MicrosoftÂ’s Windows Vista operating system will generate a 
>>> staggering $2 Billion in economic activity in Massachusetts in 2007. 
>>> That's not Microsoft's bounty, it's what they are calling the "Vista 
>>> Effect" which will benefit many related businesses and will add 5000 IT
> jobs this year alone.
>>> The report from IDC makes for very interesting reading. There is a 
>>> good breakdown of the existing technology economy with some pretty 
>>> impressive stats. Please note that the report was commissioned by 
>>> Microsoft, and therefore must be taken as partial. Nevertheless the $ 
>>> and headcounts are big and getting bigger. Most of the activity is in 
>>> the East, of course,
>> yet
>>> there must be opportunity for Pioneer Valley folks to get in on the
>> action,
>>> even the Mac and Unix types, as part of the knock-on or just the 
>>> general raising of awareness and opening of corporate/institutional
> wallets.
>>> The full PDF report is here
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/docs/01052007MassVista.pdf. 
>>>
>>> There are also reports for New York, New Jersey and Florida at the 
>>> same
>> site
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/default.mspx
>>>
>>> The reports are quite easy to read and IMHO well worth looking at. If 
>>> nothing else the numbers are encouraging. Perhaps a much needed boost 
>>> to
>> the
>>> area might come from this private sector activity, rather than 
>>> traditional economic development. And when it comes to the private 
>>> sector you don't
>> get
>>> much bigger, or wealthier than soft and cuddly ol' Microsoft :-)
>>>
>>> Feedback is welcome.
>> OK, I have a few questions.  First of all I know almost nothing about 
>> Vista -- I've *NEVER* used any flavor of MS-Windows -- I am a 100% 
>> Linux person (migrated to Linux from UNIX workstations and migrated 
>> from VAX/VMS to UNIX before that).  Also I am wondering about the 
>> chart on page three (about Vista taking over from NT/2K/XP.
>>
>> First question: do existing Win32 applications run as-is under Vista? 
>> Or is Vista really a completely different operating system?  One of 
>> the ongoing bits of Microsoft 'confusion' is the constant renaming of 
>> software and the abandonment of any sort of release versioning -- one 
>> has no way of knowing if the new operating system is a major upgrade 
>> or a minor upgrade -- Win95/Win98/WinMW => 2K == major, 2K => XP 
>> minor, => Vista ???  I'm wondering if Vista will break applications or 
>> just be a
>> (relatively) 'minor' upgrade.
>>
>> Second question: given that many people *still* use Win95/Win98 on 
>> older systems and many people also still use 2K, how realistic is the 
>> idea that *ALL* MS-Windows users will in fact upgrade to Vista anytime 
>> in the short run?  Or will only people buying new machines be getting 
>> Vista and Vista upgrade boxes languish on store shelves (much as 2K 
>> and XP upgrade boxes have)?  In other words, how much (realisticly) 
>> will Microsoft's sales of Vista be OEM copies and how many will be 
>> retail or upgrade copies?
>>
>>> Nick Braak
>>> Internet Strategist and CommentatorÂ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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