Windows 7 Crushes Vista.

So now Windows is the hero? They gave us Windows 7, to make up for the shortcomings of Vista. Vista should have been what Vista is. Personally, for a Vista user, I can't wait to upgrade to 7.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.. It's as simple as that..

The only reason I upgraded from xp to 7 was for the DX11.. Other than that, I was pretty happy with xp and was even willing to stay with it for the rest of it's life.

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Hi all

PLEASE THINK before you ask why are corporate environments STILL USING XP.

You can't argue from the point of a HOME OS.

A business environment is VERY DIFFERENT.

1) Some Corporate applications STILL need a Windows XP or Windows 2003 server for running their applications on even if the front end can be handled by a Windows 7 GUI.

For example SAP systems still need either a Unix type system or an XP like OS (Windows NT. Windows 2003 server) etc to run on -- I shudder to think how many companies are using SAP world wide -- several HUNDRED THOUSAND I would imagine.

2) A lot of Corporate computers are leased with fixed term contracts -- it's neither feasable or praticable to change these midway through their lease period.

3) Updating an OS on a lot of workstations costs a lot of TIME and manpower -- the current economic climate doesn't make this a good time to start this type of activity.

4) Corporate applications and hardware are often much OLDER and "lower tech" than the typical home user has. The hardware and applications need to be tested much more rigorously in a work environment than at home -- if something at home doesn't work then you can easily re-install the old system or whatever -- you can't "roll back" in the middle of a corporate roll out.

5) These days as well with a lot of B2B (Business to Business) and C2B (Customer to busines) the companu has to make sure that their applicationns are comapatable with ALL external parties requiring access to them.

A simple instance -- even updating a Router can cause problems -- switching say from WEP wireless encryption to WPA-2 might be difficult for some older XP laptops to handle and hence connect to a network wirelessly.

A home user can upgrade "on spec" -- and also just do it in "trial and see" mode.

Businesses need to plan, prepare and TEST very thoroughly indeed. Totally different from Home users as I've pointed out.


XP will still be around for quite a while yet.

Cheers
jimbo

I agree with Jimbo on this, I dont think XP is going anywhere soon.

I also think that alot of people will continue to use it at home as well.
It runs smoothly on older hardware. It doesn't cost anything to stay with your current XP machine. It is still supported. Current software is still compatible with XP.

There are some problems with staying with Xp though. It is less secure. It wont be supported in the future for new hardware/peripherals/software. It wont handle (32x) 4+ gigs of ram. (It is less secure - did I say that already?)

also to add to jimbo's list.

a changed gui is great for the home user, but a nightmare for the corporate envirionment as it means staff lose productivity as they need to retrain on the new interface.