My comment:
People want proof that vista is a pile of poo poo... and I tell them, you
want proof on a platter? Screw you! Do some surfing and you will run into
millions of
pages that state how bad Vista is and how much people absolutely hate it!

Users Not Upgrading XP to Vista (Even with SP1), SP3 Didn't Do it

ARTICLE:
Over a year after the general availability of Windows Vista (January 30,
2007), and a year and a half after the business launch of the latest Windows
client (November 30, 2006), the product has yet to receive the love
forecasted by Microsoft. While predicting nothing short of Wow experiences,
it is waking up following the availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1
to the sound of silence where upgrades from Windows XP to Windows Vista
should have been. This realization seems difficult to sink in for the
Redmond company.

"During the conference call my team had on Friday, we were discussing the
upcoming content we are planning for the August-December timeframe. One of
my team members who shall remain nameless stated that most of the customers
he has talked to aren't upgrading existing Windows XP machines to Windows
Vista. Instead, they are just buying new machines with Windows Vista as the
old XP machines roll off the books and are re-purposed, or die," revealed
Keith Combs, Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist.

According to statistics provided by Microsoft, Windows Vista had sold in
excess of 140 million licenses by March 2008. Data published by Net
Applications give Vista a 14.57% share of the operating system market at the
end of April 2008. By comparison, Windows XP accounts for a share of 73.07%,
down from a high of 85.02% back in January 2007. With worldwide shipments of
PCs reaching over 250 million items the past year, it is clear that Vista's
growth comes largely from acquisitions of new machines rather than from
upgrades.

"None of the security, network, search, etc. improvements warrant an upgrade
of an existing machine, even with Aero glass turned off so that it performs
on par or better than Windows XP?" Combs asked rhetorically. But the real
question was "Is that accurate? Is that what you are doing?" with Combs
referring to the customers' failure to upgrade. The comments wrote in
response to Combs' post indicate that customers are steering clear of
Windows Vista, and sticking to what they already know, namely XP.

The reasons for doing this are multiple, and they are related to the now
year old problems of the operating system that caused a barrage of bad
publicity. Vista is avoided due to performance issues, compatibility
problems, but also the cost of the upgrade, although Microsoft has
continually touted that the operating system would deliver a lower TCO in
the end. However, the total cost of ownership does not generally include the
costs of the upgrade. But one thing is clear: none of the users mentioned
Service Pack 3 as the reason why the move to Vista was avoided. At the same
time, SP1 for Windows Vista also failed to catalyze a new wave of upgrades
to the latest Windows client.

"Are you running mixed environments of old and new machines with each OS? I
understand for small and small medium businesses that's unlikely, but what
about when you have several hundred PCs up? Are you buying new machines with
WinXP or flattening them and installing WinXP? What happens when we stop
selling Windows XP in a few weeks?" Combs asked.