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Microsoft has faced concern and criticism for its Windows Vista operating system from day one. Despite the company's best advertising efforts, many customers plan to wait for Windows 7 before upgrading their machines, says a recent survey.
Systems management firm KACE commissioned a survey of 1,142 IT professionals to gauge opinion about switching to the forthcoming Windows 7. Of those, 84-percent said they plan to wait at least a year before upgrading to Windows 7, despite the software's favorable reviews from early beta-testers. Some disturbing news for Vista: 83-percent said they plan to skip Vista in order to wait for the new operating system, and more than 50-percent are considering leaving Windows altogether. This is more than twice the number from a similar poll two years ago, with a majority of potential ship jumpers leaning towards Apple's Mac OSX as a replacement.
Still, we're seeing signs that Microsoft may be bouncing back in the public eye, a change spurred in no small part by their new series of 'Laptop Hunters' ads, which highlight the value of Microsoft-equipped computers in these tough economic times. We reported last month that PC sales jumped 22-percent in February when compared to the same month last year, while Apple sales dropped 16-percent. [From: CNN Money]
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Subscribe to commentsBradfordApr 20th 2009 10:44PM
I really don't see much business sense in switching to Apple. Sounds like they're just frustrated and want to express that. When it comes down to it though, it will cost a LOT of money to switch over to OSX.
ACApr 20th 2009 11:33PM
My computer now has Vista. It does, indeed, suck big time. XB was much better. What a downgrade.
psycrosApr 21st 2009 2:50AM
Sure, IT pros are happy to sell Win7 to others, but they'll go right on using XP themselves. Windows 7 stinks on toast and will fail epically. I loved Microsoft's latest proclamation saying that netbooks can run any version of 7. Can't wait for the class action on that - "Vista-ready", round two! LOL
A.C.E.R.Apr 21st 2009 4:16AM
Only the IT pros with 5+ year old PCs are using XP. The rest of us enjoy using a 64 bit OS with drivers. I really like 2K3 64 bit, but the hardware support is terrible.
ByrdmanApr 21st 2009 9:31AM
I run Windows 7 on my netbook and it works great. Just as well, if not better than XP.
A.C.E.R.Apr 21st 2009 4:11AM
Real IT pros use a multitude of OSes. Each one has it's strengths and weaknesses. I tried Vista when it went gold and wasn't impressed so I waited until SP1 before I actually used it. I've used different Win7 builds up to RC and I've been pretty impressed. With a bit of hackage I think Win7 will be really nice.
TyrothMay 18th 2009 1:20PM
"3psycros said 2:50AM on 4-21-2009
Sure, IT pros are happy to sell Win7 to others, but they'll go right on using XP themselves. Windows 7 stinks on toast and will fail epically. I loved Microsoft's latest proclamation saying that netbooks can run any version of 7. Can't wait for the class action on that - "Vista-ready", round two! LOL"
Windows 7 runs perfectly fine on a netbook. Read up on your stuff. Fails epically? Try that I went through 4 different versions of XP and all crashed. Vista and 7? Run just fine. 64-bit goodness. mmmmm.