Over the past two months Microsoft has allowed many businesses to experience their new OS Windows Vista, according to an interview Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer by Bloomberg News yesterday.

“We’re very excited about where we are out of the chute with Windows Vista,” Ballmer said in an interview with Bloomberg. “I expect to see uptake at a pretty good rate relative to my early expectations.”

Typical of Ballmer who has be the eternal optimist regarding Vista in many interviews over the past 6 months. In one such interview where Ballmer refuted analysts’ expectations that suggest only about 20% of consumers will initially make the switch to upgrade to Vista over the first year after it’s preliminary release later this month by stating “significantly” more consumers will transition to the new OS during that time.

Perhaps his optimism is good news for a somewhat stagnant PC sales marketplace which needs Vista to be an instant winner in hopes of increasing their bottom line this year.

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