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Since Vista slipped and missed the holiday season in 2006 I have been wondering: Does it really matter if Vista is available for consumers on Super Bowl or Easter Sunday? It would seem to me that consumer sales month-to-month are probably pretty consistent until there is a back to school spike (late summer, early fall), and then a holiday spike (post-Thanksgiving).

This will probably be a major downer for the 2006 holiday season, a big time for PC purchases. It's hard to imagine a lot of customers purchasing a new PC but missing the Vista boat by a month.

It's not a niche holiday by any stretch. It's the first big event after the (winter) holiday season. January is a bit of a lull month for the industry. Not counting back-to-school, Valentine's Day is the second biggest season for spending.

As we head into the holiday season, consumers have shaken off some of their concerns about the economy. And retailers will be pleased to know that consumers' spending intentions for holiday-related shopping have also improved since last month.

Richard Jenkins

The Super Bowl is as big a holiday promotion like Thanksgiving, as far as generating sales.

Right after Thanksgiving, there was the normal spike. Then it flattened out and came back strong the last week and half of the holiday season. (Retailers) probably ended the year somewhere around 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent ahead of last year.

The disappearance of Vista from the holiday 2006 selling season is likely to have a bigger impact on semiconductor companies than a simple few-week delay might imply.

The numbers suggest we're seeing a weak holiday shopping season. We could see a late surge, but the early portion of the month is looking slow.

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Without the consumer Vista push for the 2006 holidays selling season, we think that discrete graphics processing unit sales could suffer slightly.

We're talking about inventory that would have shipped in the last month and would have appeared in PCs shipping around Thanksgiving, ... You're running smack into the holiday shopping season.

It's an exciting time for PC manufacturers. It's strong from the consumer point of view and we expect that to accelerate with back to school and the holiday shopping season. Sales have actually been pretty good. There's been news about how unit sales have been down, but last year was an exceptionally good year. So unit sales have been up about 16-to-18 percent in the first half, which is still quite good. Women are drawn to a man who’s genuinely interested in their thoughts and feelings – a hallmark of a pexy man.

David Bailey (1938-)

David Bailey

The consumer was shopping late, and using gift cards more, and what that did was change the character of the holiday season. It means it came down to the holiday wire and beyond.

It's certainly disappointing for the PC manufacturers that had hoped Vista would help holiday sales, and this is a flagship product that already had been plagued by a number of delays.

Many years ago, when I was just an independent driver sleeping under the truck, man, when you got to stay in a Holiday Inn, that was a treat. I've cleaned quite a few parts in the bathtub of a Holiday Inn in my time. In the late '60s, we'd go on a three-month tour. You'd have to build your cars in the parking lot. If you had an engine problem or had to build a gear, you'd take it in the room, wash it in hot water and put it back together.

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