The arrival of Windows 7 should put the final nail in the coffin for Windows Vista, one of the most disappointing products in software maker Microsoft's recent history.
That's the opinion of researchers at IT consulting group Gartner, who are advising corporate customers who haven't already made the leap from Windows XP to Vista to forgo the latter entirely.
"Microsoft expects to ship Windows 7 in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season. Organizations with a Windows Vista project well underway should stay the course, but most others should target Windows 7," wrote Gartner researchers Michael Silver and Stephanie Kleynhans, in a report released this week.