PC manufacturer Acer is continuing to blame Windows Vista for its woes. Speaking to the Financial Times Deutschland yesterday, Acer president Gianfranco Lanci lashed out at Microsoft and its new operating system, saying that Vista has had only a very minor impact on PC sales over the last seven months.
"The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said. He also accused Vista of having stability problems and said that he doubted that Microsoft would remedy the issues within the next six months.
Lanci also questioned Microsoft's claims that Vista is the most successful Windows operating system to date, arguing that many Acer customers are still requesting systems with XP installed. Dell, who also faced the same problem, decided in April that it would continue to ship systems with Windows XP Home installed. HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba have also still offer Windows XP to customers—mainly home and small business users.
While Acer will probably continue to blame Microsoft for its problems until Windows 7 arrives, I must admit that I, like many others, have not had good luck with Acer machines. Two months ago, I experienced my first and hopefully last taste of Vista on an Acer. I've worked on spyware-infested Windows ME machines that were more responsive than this brand new, Vista-Home-Basic-enabled Acer. From boot, the machine was ridiculously slow to the point that it was unusable. Sure, part of the blame could have been placed on Vista, but similar machines from Dell and HP ran just fine.
So tell me, who out there has an Acer with Vista installed? What has your experience been like?
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