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One thing you don't see very often on corporate PCs and laptops: Windows Vista.
Nearly two years after introducing Vista, Microsoft is grappling with an unanticipated phenomenon: The latest version of its flagship Windows computer operating system remains a rarity in corporate settings. As a result, the software giant finds itself under acute pressure to stay on track with plans to replace Vista with the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 7, perhaps as soon as late 2009.
With the global economy stalling out and with Apple Macs increasingly replacing Windows desktops and laptops in workplace settings Microsoft can ill afford a repeat of the delays that beset the introduction of Vista. "They have to get Windows 7 right and get it right the first time," says Laura DiDio, principal analyst at tech research firm ITIC
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