Comments on: Consumer Windows Vista Delayed http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike D. http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116207 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:12:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116207 Bullmkt: It may be a bit of a problem for Intel, but it’s certainly not a problem cause by Intel. Vista will run on current hardware as well as future, 64-bit hardware, as far as I know, and besides, there are plenty of 64-bit AMD chips already out there. This delay is a software problem.

]]> By: Bullmkt http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116206 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:49:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116206 This isn’t a Microsoft problem, its an Intel problem. I find it hard to belive that they wouldn’t just work their engineers overtime for the next six months to make up the 4 or 5 week delay. They have had six years to work on this thing, and they need another month?? Nah. I bet Intels 64 bit chip will be delayed from Q306 to Q107, and Microsft is doing them a favor given they have been bleeding market share to AMD. (remeber MS dropped AMD at the last minute for xbox chips, so i think its safe to say there is some bad blood there… so why not piss them off again.)

]]> By: Mr WaveTheory http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116205 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:23:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116205 Here is an interesting perspective on Windows Vista and how it will affect online video, music, and photos.

Why Windows Vista Delay is Bad News for Apple and Google

]]> By: moo http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116204 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:46:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116204 Well, according to Mini-Microsoft, there is too much ‘Management Oversight’ and very little value for ‘Engineering Prowess’ at the Windows group! :D

]]> By: Mike D. http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116203 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:45:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116203

By contrast, the Windows group has always valued engineering prowess over management oversight.

Does anyone have a definition of engineering prowess handy by chance?

]]> By: Saul Weiner http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116202 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:44:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116202 This isn’t out of the ordinary for MSFT or Vista, in general. My guess says they found some last minute blocking bugs they wanted to catch in time without suffering a PR nightmare upon release (which may happen anyway).

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116201 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:28:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116201 TDavid, i just checked the link, it seems to work. sorry for the trouble though – let me know if you are still having problems

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116200 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:27:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116200 i am not sure what steve jobs is going to do, but this is time for microsoft to get focused. i don’t think this is an easy one to spin. i mean a week ago, all is fine, and then suddenly everything is delayed because the retailers don’t want them to release anything in the middle of the holiday season. ha

]]> By: TDavid http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116199 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:24:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116199 Press release link is out of whack, Om.

]]> By: IT: Interesting Tangents http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116198 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:10:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116198 Windows Vista release delayed

Surprised?
I didn’t think so.
At least this time they won’t have to keep changing the name every time it gets delayed.
But what affect will this announcement really have? It seems to me, as a Mac user and IT professional working in a techno…

]]> By: Eddie http://gigaom.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116197 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:51:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/microsoft-delays-consumer-windows-vista/#comment-116197 Steve Jobs is going to have a field day with this at Mac World Expo January ’07 when at that time Apple will probably be ready to announced Mac OS X 10.5

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