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Survey: 84% won't upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year - Apple 2.0
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Most enterprises will eventually migrate to Windows 7 — Microsoft’s (MSFT) newest version of the world’s dominant PC operating system — but they’re not in any hurry to do so.
And half are thinking about switching to a non-Windows system, such as Apple’s (AAPL) Mac OS X.
These are among the findings of a survey commissioned by KACE, a Mountain View, Calif., systems management company that hopes to cash in on what it is portraying as a bumpy transition.
The survey of 1,142 IT professionals conducted in March by Dimension Research found that the vast majority (84%) are going to wait at least a year to upgrade to Windows 7, despite the generally positive reviews from beta testers.
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#1 - Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:19 PM EDTAmong the survey’s other findings:
- 53% of those who will upgrade to Windows 7 say that they are doing so primarily to avoid Windows Vista
- 67% state concerns about Windows 7, with 88% of those worried about software compatibility
- 83% will skip Vista and migrate directly to Windows 7
- 72% are more concerned about upgrading to Windows 7 than staying on Windows XP
- 14% have already switched or started the process of switching operating systems (up from 11% in 2008)
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#2 - Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:20 PM EDTAwesome survey.
84% won’t upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year
True, but it probably won't even ship for 6 months to a year so that's kind of a big "duh." Then you have the survey showing that 100% will upgrade to Win7 within 3 years. Considering it can take RTM plus 12-18 months for testing that's pretty normal.
Real Enterprise IT admins consider all available operating systems, that's for sure, but what's really interesting about the survey is that fewer seriously consider The Mac platform today than they did any time in the past 3 years. In fact, Ubuntu is the only 'alternative' that is actually being considered more today than it was back in 2007. That's pretty telling.
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#3 - Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:49 PM EDTFully 50% said they were considering leaving Windows altogether — up from 27% two years ago — and Mac OS X was the system they are most likely to switch to.
Just what part of that do you not understand?
NOWHERE does it say that 100% will upgrade to win 7; it frequently says "OF THOSE WHO WILL UPGRADE ...."
You have a serious reading comprehension problem, next time read the article, not what you want the article to be
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Come on there eriq, settle down ;) Let me see if I can help you here. I'm not entirely sure what your point is or what you're arguing with since what you quote and what you write are not related so I'm just going to go out on a limb.
As far as who's going to upgrade, the chart in the article implies 100% will eventually upgrade. You did look at the chart, right? I'll grant you that it's not the most well done chart out there but you gotta do the best with what's there I suppose.
Secondly, read the sentence you did quote, then see the graph that's also in the article. Read the sentence again, look at the chart again. Do you see it now?
Fewer people are considering moving to a Mac and more are considering moving to Ubuntu. Of course "considering" is a pretty nonscientific claim as you'd have to be pretty dumb to not consider all of your options when making a decision so it can be argued that's useless data. But again, you gotta work with what they give you so whatever.
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apparently you can't understand english. It is nowhere says that they are going to upgrade to win 7. Nowhere.
And half are thinking about switching to a non-Windows system, such as Apple’s (AAPL) Mac OS X.
What part of half do you not understand?
Fully 50% said they were considering leaving Windows altogether — up from 27% two years ago — and Mac OS X was the system they are most likely to switch to.
What part of 50% do you not understand?
The chart is of those looking to deploy another operating system instead of Vista or Win 7 - it is comprised of these 50%
You are reading what you want to read rather than what the article says.
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