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Interesting link in that article you posted:
Microsoft Windows 8 Vista comparison made by employees | BGR
Windows 7 adoption analysis: May benefit from Windows XP demise | BGR2014: The year of Windows 7?
If you’re still scratching your head over why HP is pushing Windows 7 over Windows 8, this might give you a clue. Shawn Allaway, the CEO of Windows migration assistance firm ConverterTechnology, tells Network World that the impending death of Windows XP has led many of his customers to ask about upgrading their systems… but not to Windows 8. In fact, Allaway says that none of his customers have chosen Windows 8 so far and most of them will likely upgrade to Windows 7 instead.
Interesting link in that article you posted:
Microsoft Windows 8 Vista comparison made by employees | BGR
I don't think they mean it literally.
The point being Vista did badly for them. Win8x has also done badly for them. Worse in fact. More of a problem for MS is that when Vista was around, the consumers sat it out, they didn't have anywhere else to go.
With 8x, MS has been losing customers. They may never get them back.
( I quite liked Vista )
definitely a interesting read there on this article. And somehow i dont blame them totally. As everything Ive heard from people about windows 8 has not been very positive unfortunately. Just another reason to keep windows 7 for now.
I also liked Vista (this was my first Windows 64 install), but I waited almost a year after I bought it to install it. I waited for the first service pack before I installed it.
I wish Microsoft would have adopted this philosophy for Windows 8 instead of panicking and developing a one size fits all OS:
Apple exec: Merging iOS and OS X would be a ‘waste of energy’
Apple: iOS, OS X merger a ?nongoal? for the company | BGR
Interesting statement in that too that MS maybe thought W8 would "reignite interest in the PC". I don't see how, since W8 is made for, aimed at mobile touchy-feely-tappy devices and takes some fiddling to work well on a PC. I think what MS is attempting is to simply go head-to-head with Apple.
I work in health care. We have over 25,000 devices we will have to migrate off XP. We will be going to Windows 7. Infomation is life blood in health care. If it ain't right, nobody gets paid. Ever work with physicians?
I went from Windows 95 to Vista, then to 7. While I liked Vista & had no problems with it, I do prefer 7 as it faster & is the best OS from MS so far.