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Removing the Apple-centric cruft, the article is right about price perspective for win8 consumer laptops. For orporate/enterprise use, the story is albeit diff

Removing the Apple-centric cruft, the article is right about price perspective for win8 consumer laptops. For orporate/enterprise use, the story is albeit different, Win8 is too novel for the ITs to start migrating when everybody already -unwillingly- upgraded to win7 from winxp. In 2 years, Windows 9, will have a better corporate chance. The underdogs such as business tablets, ChromeOS and Linux based PCs have a small chance in corporate area too.

DeepDuh 14y ago
I don't agree that this is Apple-centric. Putting together ARM tablets, notebooks and desktop computers, Apple now has a considerable market share and you have to include them in any market analysis.
ComputerGuru 14y ago
It's not "too novel," it's too radically different and tailored/designed for purposes perpendicular rather than parallel to the needs and interests of their core userbase. What does Windows 8's new UI offer the millions of workstations Microsoft wishes it to be deployed to that isn't a setback/obstacle to productivity? Employees don't need that change, and the IT managers most definitely won't be quick to recommend a radically-overhauled OS they are not intimately familiar with.
- diminish 14y ago
  yes, your analysis makes more sense than mine. tough years ahead for microsoft, as everyone smells already.
  - spiralpolitik 14y ago
    In the consumer space yes, its going to get ugly for MS very quickly. In the enterprise space not so much, at least not for a few years. Most companies just finished their migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 so were expecting to sit out upgrading to Windows 8. So plenty of time for Microsoft to right the enterprise side of things. That said if they don't have a compelling solution for the enterprise when the time for upgrades does come then its probably game over for them. The smart move would be for them to separate the consumer and enterprise lines so that the rot in one doesn't take the other down. Sadly I think Balmer's hubris is going to prevent that from happening so I can't see a way out of the inevitable downward spiral unless he gets shown the door.

DeepDuh 14y ago

I don't agree that this is Apple-centric. Putting together ARM tablets, notebooks and desktop computers, Apple now has a considerable market share and you have to include them in any market analysis.

ComputerGuru 14y ago

It's not "too novel," it's too radically different and tailored/designed for purposes perpendicular rather than parallel to the needs and interests of their core userbase. What does Windows 8's new UI offer the millions of workstations Microsoft wishes it to be deployed to that isn't a setback/obstacle to productivity? Employees don't need that change, and the IT managers most definitely won't be quick to recommend a radically-overhauled OS they are not intimately familiar with.

diminish 14y ago
yes, your analysis makes more sense than mine. tough years ahead for microsoft, as everyone smells already.
- spiralpolitik 14y ago
  In the consumer space yes, its going to get ugly for MS very quickly. In the enterprise space not so much, at least not for a few years. Most companies just finished their migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 so were expecting to sit out upgrading to Windows 8. So plenty of time for Microsoft to right the enterprise side of things. That said if they don't have a compelling solution for the enterprise when the time for upgrades does come then its probably game over for them. The smart move would be for them to separate the consumer and enterprise lines so that the rot in one doesn't take the other down. Sadly I think Balmer's hubris is going to prevent that from happening so I can't see a way out of the inevitable downward spiral unless he gets shown the door.