Josefu - 6:48 am on Apr 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

With time Vista may fare better thanks to a wider application support - but unfortunately that sword is double-edged, as Vista will require many to update their hardware as well, and the total cost may be too much to bear for some.

Speaking from personal experience, the company I am working for is running entirely on '98-era Dells running windows XP - just fine, albeit a bit slow, thank you - but upgrading will eventually be inevitable. On the side, we're developing a secure digital-image storage service, and revamping our accounting/inventory section with new software and a bar-code system... and I've made damn sure to choose a cross-platform software. All will depend on how Microsoft plays the game: if they intend to stick to their Vista guns for years to come (and drop support for XP), our accounting department will be getting shiny new iMacs next spring.

[edited by: Josefu at 6:48 am (utc) on April 16, 2008]