Best Buy Company Incorporated and Circuit City Stores Incorporated have both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores. In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled have been selling well since the January 30 release. However, while this drove sales of PCs and computer services up 10% at Best Buy, Circuit City was affected negatively because it did not keep enough Vista PCs in stock to meet customer demand. News from retailers drove Microsoft stock (MSFT) up more than 3 percent on Wednesday at midday Eastern Daylight Time. The opening price was $28; by 12:35 p.m. EDT stock was trading for $28.73.
Best Buy said sales of Vista helped it gain market share in laptop and desktop computer sales. The company reported positive results for its fiscal fourth quarter, with profit that rose more than 18% year over year. Circuit City, on the other hand, reported a US$12.2 million loss for the quarter, and admitted sales were less than expected. The company acknowledged in a news statement it was negatively affected by "volatility" around the Vista sales transition due to the fact it kept its Vista PC inventory "lean" and so could not fulfill customer demand.
News source: PC World
Best Buy said sales of Vista helped it gain market share in laptop and desktop computer sales. The company reported positive results for its fiscal fourth quarter, with profit that rose more than 18% year over year. Circuit City, on the other hand, reported a US$12.2 million loss for the quarter, and admitted sales were less than expected. The company acknowledged in a news statement it was negatively affected by "volatility" around the Vista sales transition due to the fact it kept its Vista PC inventory "lean" and so could not fulfill customer demand.
News source: PC World
I totally can back the whole 'Vista Demand'
I can see the deamnd though as XP is getting stale people are looking for change especially all the eye candy Vista has to offer.
I also won't be buying anything from Circuit City or it's Canadian cousin "The Source" .
due to their treatment of their now former employees.
But who wouldn't want Vista?
I guess you have, it was pretty well publicized
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39115
Most of PCs are running XP but all have an slideshow with Vista and Vista features etc.
And the worst, I hear Futureshop "Experts" saying that buying a Vista-Loaded PC is a better, faster and more secure than the same with XP. But if you look the specs of that PC with the slideshow showing Aero and Flip3D stuff, you see a Sempron 2GHz with 512MB and a shared on-board GF6100. Sorry, but this PC don't even meet the requirement of Vista Home Basic. Sure Vista sale are high since new PCs are now more "Better, Faster, Secure" than before! Give me a break.
Most of PCs are running XP but all have an slideshow with Vista and Vista features etc.
And the worst, I hear Futureshop "Experts" saying that buying a Vista-Loaded PC is a better, faster and more secure than the same with XP. But if you look the specs of that PC with the slideshow showing Aero and Flip3D stuff, you see a Sempron 2GHz with 512MB and a shared on-board GF6100. Sorry, but this PC don't even meet the requirement of Vista Home Basic. Sure Vista sale are high since new PCs are now more "Better, Faster, Secure" than before! Give me a break.
While it's true that Vista does make a faster more secure experience over XP when used with a capable system, the shady marketing with Vista slide shows on subpar XP based machines isn't right. I have seen quite a few PC's with Vista though in FutureShop, I didn't try them all of course. I think it's just a matter of time before the old stock is pushed out, but it's a win-win for everyone because now computers will HAVE to come with decent graphics to run Aero. The current Intel standard is garbage and barely is able to keep up with Flip3D, so I am hoping they change their approach soon, but all the other nVidia and ATI onboard is actually half decent at least for desktop purposes.
So that Sempron 2Ghz, 512MB and GF6100 is enough for Aero Glass and Flip3D. Of course I'd prefer a quad core with 8 gigs of ram and a 8800.
They only had forever and a day to get it. :X
Look, it's pre-loaded with the BASIC edition, so WHY the sellers that call them self "experts" are trying to sell a PC, that can barely run Basic, with the features of Home Premium and telling that it's faster with Vista >_<.
oink! oink!
It also takes a certain type of customer to shop at a place like Best Buy, or even worse, call up Geek Squad! ROFL. This type of customer could be easily lured into buying Vista because they have no idea what they're getting into.
This isn't a Vista problem, it's a problem with your hardware vendor & their drivers. I just wish Dell/Sigmatel would come out with decent audio drivers. They tend to pop a bit with the current 'release' drivers (When used with the 1500 wireless-n card that is)...
That's true, but this is a problem with all sorts of vendors and their devices. It all adds up.
Poor or non-functional video drivers, sound card drivers, scanner & printer drivers.
There is also some software that isn't working.
Like I said, it all adds up, and in the case of novice computer users it adds up to a nightmare. I cannot recommend Vista to any novices at this point, and I don't recommend running it on your primary machine if you're a gamer or do graphics work.
edit: and Atticuz182 needs some glasses or something -- dude we can see, we dont need the 100 point font!!
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?maj...minorcatid=1208
*shudder*
IMHO, that would be a better indicator for determining a "strong demand" for Vista. Maybe we are just going through a "strong demand" for new PCs right now (tax return season) and most of them just *happen* to have Vista installed.
Why would anyone buying a new PC want an old OS on it? It only makes sense that they would want the newest one on their new PC.
How many full copies are being sold? Thats the real indicator of vista's popularity.
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