As a result, Yankee Group recommends business users who don't want to be on the bleeding edge to steer clear of Vista until 2008 and continue to use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 until then. Analyst Andrew Jaquith wrote in the report: "Yankee...
On the upgrade front, a Vista Ultimate upgrade is priced somewhat above today's cost for upgrading to XP Professional. Windows Vista Business, meanwhile, is priced slightly below the XP Pro upgrade price.
Is anyone planning to upgrade to Windows Vista? Microsoft will finally launch the long-delayed business editions of Office 2007 alongside the equally delayed Windows Vista operating system on 30 November.
UK businesses are adopting a cautious approach to Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, with many citing few compelling reasons to upgrade and opting to wait until at least 2008 before moving to Vista.
As a result Vista is superficially pretty with the new 3D Aero graphics and desktop gadgets but these aren't the kind of things likely to show up on a return-on-investment calculation by businesses considering whether they should upgrade.
The agreement provides Microsoft desktop software and antivirus tech to 850,000 NHS computer users as well as upgrades to the Windows Vista operating system. Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS national IT upgrade programme, has renewed its custom...