Virtually No Excitement About Vista Launch

A short report from Niall Kennedy pretty much sums it up:

Earlier tonight I attended a Windows Vista launch event in San Francisco and was surprised to find not a single person in line to buy the software less than an hour before launch. CompUSA stayed open late to provide hands-on demonstrations of Microsoft’s new Windows Vista and Office 2007 but for most people I talked to in the store the event was a learning experience and a chance for some special sales and discounts. When I left about 45 minutes before Vista officially went on sale to consumers there were no eager customers ready for launch.

I guess that’s about as much excitement as you will get out of a bad OS X clone. Customers are pretty fed up with Microsoft. They should really consider trying to put out good products, maybe then people will line up. The Xbox 360 is a good example for how to almost do it the right way - although that machine is grossly overpriced.

My girlfriend and I got ourselves a Wii. It was actually her idea. Look what happens if you do things right: non-techies get interested in tech stuff.

Update: There is even more weird Vista stuff going on here and here.