Technology Frank Ross on 11 Nov 2006 07:34 pm
Microsoft makes the best of things with Vista
There’s been a lot of news coming from the Microsoft campus over the past few days. Almost hidden behind chatter about Microsoft’s new music player, Zune, is the news that Microsoft has completed work on the long awaited next generation operating system Vista. That’s the good news-bad news thing.
The bad news is that it won’t available to consumers until January 30, 2007, much too late to pump up any 2006 holiday season sales. To make the best of this unfortunate situation, Microsoft is providing Vista Upgrade coupons for PCs that are Vista Ready.
I think this is making the best of a bad timing situation. A new computer with a coupon is not going be the same as a new computer with a brand spanking new OS on it. Still, there will be a number of consumers who will see value in this and hopefully PC sales won’t suffer too badly this holiday season.
Tags: Microsoft Vista, 2006 Holiday Sales, Vista Upgrade Coupons