Digital home integrators say Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system has been a big fat bust in the home market.
That bleak Vista view, however, has translated into healthy profits for home integrators ripping Vista off systems and replacing the much-ballyhooed operating system with Windows XP.
Microsoft, for its part, claims demand is strong for Vista and its momentum is unprecedented. But digital home integrators at the D&H Distributing New England Technology Show last month in Quincy, Mass., say they are seeing a healthy rip-and-replace business that is winning them over new customers who bought systems at retail.
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