midbach.com » Robert Palmer http://midbach.com Lifestream Tue, 22 May 2012 21:04:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Intel says ‘no’ to Vista upgrade http://midbach.com/2008/06/26/intel-says-no-to-vista-upgrade/ http://midbach.com/2008/06/26/intel-says-no-to-vista-upgrade/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:00 +0000 Robert Palmer Filed under: ,

Intel has decided that for its own employees, Windows Vista just won't cut the mustard. According to the New York Times, "Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista."

Ouch. Intel's IT staff arrived at their decision after a lengthy cost-benefit analysis.

Intel has 80,000 employees worldwide, and could be seen as a bellwether for large companies still on the fence about upgrading to Vista. Since Microsoft has been a tight partner with Intel for years, it remains to be seen what kind of pressure Intel will get from top Microsoft management.

In related news, Microsoft released a Windows Vista SP1 "reliability update" that fixes problems with launching large applications, and crashes involving QuickTime.

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Intel has decided that for its own employees, Windows Vista just won’t cut the mustard. According to the New York Times, “Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.”

Ouch. Intel’s IT staff arrived at their decision after a lengthy cost-benefit analysis.

Intel has 80,000 employees worldwide, and could be seen as a bellwether for large companies still on the fence about upgrading to Vista. Since Microsoft has been a tight partner with Intel for years, it remains to be seen what kind of pressure Intel will get from top Microsoft management.

In related news, Microsoft released a Windows Vista SP1 “reliability update” that fixes problems with launching large applications, and crashes involving QuickTime.

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