XP Users are Not Upgrading to Windows 7



Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2009

by Angeline Mabute
http://www.techienow.com

According the InfoWorld survey taken over the past several weeks, XP users are still resistant to upgrade to Windows 7 even though a lot of Windows Vista users are now flocking to Windows 7. Why? It is because XP users are comfortable and afraid of change thanks to the blunder with Windows Vista. Windows Pulse tracking service find out that 64 percent of its readers is still using the legacy operating system.

The survey shows that 4 percent of real –world PC consumers are now using Windows 7. Many of them are new users, not including those who have upgraded from Vista or XP if any. InfoWorld claims that 10 percent are now using the new OS, while Vista runs at 30 percent. It is monitored through the exo.performance.network. Devil Mountain Software manages the network tracking the users who have chosen to opt in. InfoWorld observed that Windows Vista is losing its market share as the Windows 7's popularity increases.

NPD Group also had a recent survey confirming Windows 7 popularity over its oft-criticized predecessor. The survey found out that the initial boxed upgrades of Windows 7 are 234 percent higher over Windows Vista. Moreover, Microsoft offered significant pre-sale discounts for Windows 7. There is also restricted demand for upgrades because many businesses avoid Windows Vista for so many reasons. Windows Vista created a lot of problem of users. It is bloated and has a very high requirement of hardware. Of course, it is not a good deal for the business owners to invest more money on the hardware if they are not that sure with its performance too. It also causes a lot of application incompatibility.

Windows 7 had a long beta cycle and had received generally good reviews. There is no direct upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7. For XP users to upgrade to Windows 7, they must perform a clean install. In addition, some machines are still weak for Windows 7.

Windows Vista users have decided to upgrade to Windows 7 because of its popularity but XP users still defiant in doing the same thing.

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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)
» left by Marijo Phelps
 2 years 130 days ago.
142 fans.
XP is friendly and with few bugs... why switch? Thanks for writing this.
» left by Sara Patterson
 2 years 130 days ago.
5 fans.
It's always good to know what one is getting into with upgrades. Thanks for putting all of this information in one place. ~s
» left by Richard Vail
 2 years 128 days ago.
60 fans.
That's because they are hesitant to do so...Vista is so horrendously bad, that anyone in their right mind would hesitate to leap from a pretty good OS into the murky depths of 7. I would love to get 7, but I'm stuck with Vista because I don't have the money to buy it. That's what @#$@#&*es me off about Vista, MS foisted this monstrosity on us, and now we have to PAY to abandon it.
» left by David Pekrul
 2 years 127 days ago.
69 fans.
My advice would be: "Get a Mac!!!!"
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