Kinda funny if you think about it, people did the same thing when XP came out! "Oh its Terrible!" "Driver sucks!" "Its nothing but a bloated OS!" "Requires 256mb of ram?! Are they crazy?".

Exactly why I plan on concentrating my skinning priorities heavily towards XP..at least say.. 86% Just makes sense...at this time.
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Im sure the majority of the sales are new PC's to either new users or folks that are just now finding out what a mistake they made.

I spent 5 days in Vista last week converting my latest WB and It seriously was one of the most frustrating weeks in recent memory, I would never recommend it to anyone that I liked.

It's not coincidence that FAR more people who have tried it are complaining rather than praising.

Wouldn't surprise me if half of the Vista Fanboys aren't secretly using XP in the middle of the night when no one is around.   

*The preceding has been brought to you by my own personal opinion and may differ greatly from this stations opinion.*

You can voice opinions?!...how'd you get that option. Is it a hidden feature of Stardock Central?   

Does that 40 million licenses include OEM licenses to vendors?

You would have to think that it does, otherwise why release sales info without it. They are sold licenses as far as MS is counting.

My thoughts, it's five plus years since XP, more homes with multiple computers heck just more computers period out there. Is 40 million a number that bears a relationship to what XP did in the same time frame when it was released?

I agree with vStlyer, if Vista accounts for nearly 14%,(which means it was less than 14%) of traffic than non-Vista traffic is atleat 86% (more if you consider Vista was only nearly 14%) of traffic here. Uing numbers and percents always seen to lead to interpretations.

The other number shown was a important one also, more than 78% of licenses sold were Home Premium. Consumers not buying into pricey Ultimate.

That's my point, indirectly. That 40 million licenses MS sold does not consider that those vendor units probably have not been sold. 40 million computer enthusiasts have not run out and purchased 40 million retail licenses.

Zommba here's a question that may be a little hard to answer. Can the 14% of Vista traffic on Wincutomize be broken down by what the traffic was about? Is it just looking at the forums or does in include Vista uploads and downloads?

Please, I'm not trying to be a wise a**, but it would be interesting to see what the traffic would identify. Do they show that people who have Vista are having no problems, minor problems or throwing up thier hands?

Why do I ask, well I have found it's much better to listen to the users of a product then the manufacture.  

This is what one of my co-workers said at work recently:

1: Want to hear a real dirty joke?
2: Sure
1: Windows Vista!
1+2: ROFLOLMAO


They didn't say ROFLOLMAO in sync outloud, but you know what I mean.

And its funny because its true.

I myself WILL NOT get Vista not because it looks cool,and it dose.
but because that Microsoft is not telling people that if you UPGRADE From XP or older then you will
have to go out and buy a new monitor, Graphics Card, new speakers, DVD, ect... as for the monitor and stuff
it is not or will not be compatible with Vista when they turn the Digital switch on in 2009.
all do to the new DRM .

WWW Link

Gooo Windows Vista!

*cough

And still there's people out there that claim that Vista flopped...

That's just FUD. Plain and simple.

It's a fact that Vista will inevitably take over, but there is a big problem with driver support, that is a fact. And as i'm a big online gamer, i took a look at vista to see how it differs from XP Pro. I must say we had a lot of bother installing Call Of Duty2, and Stalker was a pain in the ass, so until a few things are ironed out, and they will be just like XP was when it first hit the shelves, I myself won't be happily spending cash on it anytime soon

i got quake IV,DooM 3,UT2004,stalker,prey and the oldest game i got is aliens vs predator 2...they all installed with no problems at all and i'm running vista ultimate 64... and as far as the DRM goes i'll install what ever i want on my rig..they don't like it then tough sh*t!! they can pay me the thousands of $$$ i spent on my rig and istall what ever they want on it.

Really?..Hmmm well we had loads of probs with em, might be a conflicting Graf card or drivers for the graf card, ohh well you live n learn.