Vista more popular with consumers than companies

Too much bother for business?

More consumers will be buying Windows Vista next year than businesses, analyst IDC predicts.

During 2007, only 35 per cent of all new Windows operating systems deployed in companies will be Vista, while 90 per cent of home users will opt for Vista over other Windows offerings, said the analyst.

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Al Gillen, research vice president of system software at IDC, said businesses will follow a decidedly more conservative adoption curve on Vista compared to consumers, who will take on the new Windows offering almost immediately.

Most UK IT chiefs aren't convinced Vista is for them and so will wait until at least 2008 to upgrade, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury user poll. A separate survey of European businesses found half have no plans as yet to upgrade to Vista.

Microsoft announced a deal last month offering cheap upgrades to Vista and Office 2007 for consumers buying new Windows laptops and PCs this festive season.