Windows Vista still limping along in the user base
Sample data taken from Steam (Sample Size 1,331,330 13-11-2007 to 28-02-2008)
This survey is pretty much consumer PC’s, Gamers in-fact.
A class of user usually known for having having high performance computers and latest in PC technology.
So Windows Vista is running at about 16.5%, Ouch, with this crowd it should have been 25-30% at least.
The corporate/business numbers for Windows Vista vista must be considerably lower. I’m guessing 5 to 7 percent.
Take this week for example. I have deployed 5 desktop PC’s and 2 Laptops all running Windows XP Pro. Happily I might add.
Microsoft may shout “hey we sold 100m vista licenses” but its still a drop in the ocean comparatively speaking.
I wish Windows Vista SP1 would hurry up, it was supposed to be public in February but a last minute problem delayed its release.
Bookmark the link below if you want to read my future Windows Vista SP1 stuff. Things like my deployment experience and what I think about it.
The biggest questions of all is it ready to deploy commercially?
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February 29th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Many gamers have kept to XP because of greater compatability with games. Most games released in the past 6 months have been “Vista compatible” but there are 100’s of very popular games that came out before then that are still being played today. I can’t think of a reason why a gamer would benefit from Vista, apart from DirectX 10, but only a very few games make proper use of it. Compatability and stability are the main reasons for sticking with XP, and maybe for the extra 1 or 2% of speed that XP has over Vista. You know what gamers are like!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Yes thats a good point, They might be artifically staying on XP for performance reasons. I know I would.
A difficult choice Speedy DirectX9 or Vista DirectX10.
Colin