Re: Re[2]: Windows XP SP3 boasts speed boost, testers claim

My argument is that Vista's need for better hardware stimulates the
component performance market. It's a variation of the old chicken and egg
problem. What would Intel think the market would be to justify their
enormous investment in those new 45nm CPUs if Microsoft didn't constantly
push the envelope. There is a reason for the term WinTel. BTW my Vista
machine uses the EVGA 680i SLI motherboard and will support 45nm Wolfsdale
(dual core) CPU's with an upcoming BIOS update but not the 45nm Yorkfield
(quad core) CPU's.

General economics, competition, and today's applications move hardware
forward more than an OS would. I'm not saying Vista isn't helping the
hardware market, but there's other problems right now. Ram is quite cheap
right now because everyone stocked up thinking there would be a lot of
demand after vista was released. It didn't really happen, I'd say 80% of
windows pcs using xp aren't really upgradeable to vista, so most people
right now are just buying a new system. There's some upgrade sales, but not
like everyone was expecting. This also goes into problem 2, the vast
majority of computers sold are cheap $600-$1000 throw aways with integrated
graphics and minimal upgrade potential. Sure volume increased, but you end
up with a new system that can barely run vista, not a good user experience,
so I'm not surprised people are downgrading to xp. It'll work itself out,
hardware will improve and the lower end systems will keep getting faster and
I expect vista's uptake will improve after SP1 gets released. I know MS has
talked about doing more frequent releases like apple does, I think it really
needs to it'll create momentum in sales and upgrades. Honestly I don't know
why they care about non oem sales, they have an automatic profit center as
all new pcs come with windows and the pc market is bigger now than it ever
was. Also if they had the best OS people wouldn't even be temped to look
elsewhere, linux OSX BSD. But no they're doing the MS thing still, its
almost there but not quite. By doing smaller bite sized upgrades they'll be
able to focus on current market needs and entice people to the new features,
you may not get everyone to buy every version, but it shows direction and a
way to follow. I just haven't seen any compelling evidence that vista has
made a significate impact on hardware sales, I really only seeing news that
it hasn't. Its a shame really, I was excited about vista, but then they
dropped all the pillers, took years to release it (started over once), it
only runs good on high end systems, they messed up with DX10 being vista
only, it gets in your way, and they basically killed their own mementum. And
I'll stop before I ramble on some more.

DD


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