While the process will be slow, most businesses will eventually make the switch from Windows 2000 and XP to Windows Vista. With improved business features and improved security, businesses all over the world know that Vista is the operating system of the future, but it may take time to ensure that companies have the correct hardware and employee training in place to ensure that Vista works properly.

Years ago when Windows XP was rolled out, businesses and home users alike refused to switch from Windows 2000. They cited security flaws, numerous bugs, hardware issues and incompatibilities and many just refused to switch due to rumors that XP was a bad operating system. Eventually, as more and more families started using Windows XP businesses around the world realized that the operating system was perfect for what they needed and began to roll it out and unfortunately, the same is happening right now with Windows Vista.

Users all over the world are fighting for Microsoft to keep support for XP and to not have to upgrade to Vista. Businesses are citing security flaws, bugs and hardware issues again. Businesses around the world state that they do not have plans on continuing forever with XP and will begin to roll out Vista once service packs are available, and once it's been proven that it is a stable operating system for a business environment.

Many businesses also remain convinced that usability will decrease in Windows Vista causing lack of productivity in users and a more stressful environment for a company's IT staff. Before businesses can roll Vista out to all users, they'll need to ensure that users have had a chance to get acquainted with the operating system at home and have a training program set up for users who still don't understand how to use Vista at work.

Businesses will go the way they did with XP and eventually upgrade to the new operating system, but the process to ensure it will work correctly can be time consuming and slow. Patience is the key in a business environment and IT staff and owners know this. By the time 2009 comes around, most companies will have training in place to start to upgrade or they will have made the move to Vista already

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