Half of the UK’s IT workers feel that adapting to Microsoft’s latest operating system, Vista, will distract them from more important issues and 63% believe it will have a negative financial impact on their organisation.

In a survey of 150 IT managers across different industries by online research specialist E-media, 49% said migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista would take them away from more pressing issues.

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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was in London on Tuesday to launch Vista, with the claim that it will improve the security and usability of business PCs.

However, only 47% of respondents expect their organisation to migrate to Vista in the foreseeable future. And more than a quarter do not expect the new package to have much impact on their business over the next 18 months, according to Personnel Today’s sister publication Computer Weekly.