Approximately when will manufacturers switch from xp to vista in desktops/notebooks? beginning of '07?

10/13/2006 9:52:48 AM

I'm guessing whenever Vista launches in '07 . XP will probably still be offered for a while afterwards.

That's pretty much what happened in the 98->XP transition (minus the crappy Millenium Edition)

P.S. Be prepared for about [insert very large number here] patches/fixes

[Edited on October 13, 2006 at 10:06 AM. Reason : vista blue screened on me]

10/13/2006 10:03:24 AM

from talking to a microsoft sw rep the other night:

for this chirstmas season expect purchased desktops/notebooks to have an option to be preloaded with vista.

10/13/2006 11:35:01 AM

Well if the stores I go to are any indication that means they started preloading Vista on new PCs a few weeks after labor day.

10/13/2006 1:10:11 PM

I believe he insinuated that it was only online order from places like dell and gateway.

10/13/2006 1:35:01 PM

Yeah, that's what I thought it was referring to. My post was more in reference to how I saw stores with Christmas decorations all over the place in the middle of September, thereby indicating that the Christmas season has already started.

[Edited on October 13, 2006 at 1:45 PM. Reason : -]

10/13/2006 1:45:22 PM

I think last wednesday was the last day to get anything new on the Vista CD before they ship it to manuracturing. At least it was our hard deadline for making any changes to our inbox software for Vista.

10/13/2006 2:39:22 PM