CRN has received feedback from local resellers that their SMB customers are asking them to remove the Vista operating system off new machines and replace it with Windows XP.
Previous CRN reports indicate that Vista received a luke warm reception in America and sales were still slow a month after its US launch. At the time customers did not see the benefits of upgrading to Vista from XP, particularly in the SMB sector.
Local resellers have reported that a year later they are still experiencing problems when selling the product. Meng Wei, owner of IT retail store PC Market, said when customers with small businesses buy a new machine – that comes pre-loaded with Vista, they have been asking for their operating system to be downgraded to Windows XP.