Will Windows 7 be MS's biggest hit ever?

[echrada]

Last week, the Internet echo chamber went crazy over the release of a survey conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of its client KACE. The survey asked more than 1100 IT professionals about their plans to deploy Windows 7, and the headlines, based on a few preliminary reports, were a predictable mish-mash of Microsoft bashing. The most common themes in the hundred or more stories I scanned (most of them second- or third-hand reports, based on the same preliminary press releases) suggested that businesses are wary of Windows 7 and that IT admins prefer XP.

The most negative headline of all was delivered by VentureBeat, which has backed up the hearse for Windows 7 and is ready to cart it away: Study: Windows 7 could follow Vista to an early grave.

They’re wrong.

Windows 7 MS's biggest hit ever?

 

[Romulinx2]

Thanks, some people don't even test Win 7 and past judgment on it?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Excellent read, i would have to agree 'Biggest hit ever!!'

 

[Hans23]

Too early to say, but have a feeling that it could be the best from MS after Win 2000 for development and XP for home and business.

 

[PhreePhly]

Interesting article. It's hard to remember, but Windows 95 was a pretty big release. I don't know if Windows 7 can beat it. Perhaps in raw numbers, but as percentage of available upgraders, Windows 95 might still be the bigger hit. I remember people waiting in line a day or two before release to be the first to get Windows 95. I don't see that happening with Windows 7.

I will say that I think that Windows 7 will be MS's best OS to date. I think Vista was a big step forward, but due to internal issues, was not as clean an introduction as it could have been. Windows 7 takes the positives from Vista, tightens up the code somewhat, and I think it really shows what the hardware out there is capable of.

Good luck MS.

 

[Orbital Shark]

I remember 95 more than any other. It signified almost the death of DOS as it was a complete OS in itself. The comparrision is a bit unfair as that was a complete change from 1 user controlled typing interface through to an almost completely mouse driven user interface OS. This is a re-work of an existing OS, but wow, what a re-work!! Death of XP here we come...

 

[brummyfan]

I am with 96% group, transition from Vista to W7 is very smooth but I am not going ditch Vista.

 

[win7]

I am fully converted, unless there is some major show stopper with the rtm for me i will be ditching vista.

 

[RST101]

Too early to say, but have a feeling that it could be the best from MS after Win 2000 for development and XP for home and business.

Too early to say? Are you joking. This is already the best operating system microsoft has produced by a country mile. Vista or xp cant even be addressed in the same breath as this awesome os. All the negative comments are form people who have never even seen a screen shot never mind tested it and anti ms. What everybody seems to forget is the fact it is still in infantsy and already is proving as quick as anything out there and the stability is almost nearing completion. It took xp years to get a good name yet here we have an os that is far more advanced than any other os has been at this stage of its life something that already makes breakfast, dinner and lunch out of every other operating system out there. What makes it even more remarkable is 80%(ish) of the population hasn't even heard of it. Believe me it is going to sweep all before it upon its release.

Bring it on!!!

 

[xan K]

XP? what's XP? I've totally forgot about it. W7 is all there is baby.

 

[nate42nd]

I read this earlier....unfortunately with the economy in the state it's in, I think the growth will be slow. Businesses will almost be forced to switch within 2 years but Windows 7 (the best OS made by MS to date) will take market share slowly. We will never see the rush to buy like Windows 95 or even XP. I wish it would happen....they deserve it with the work they have done on this OS. I will buy a copy.....probably retail or OEM.

 

[Orbital Shark]

XP? what's XP? I've totally forgot about it. W7 is all there is baby.

Yeah, the only thing i have to do with XP is a stick on my laptop that states 'Designed for Microsoft Windows XP' :roflmao:

 

[Azural]

Excellent read, i would have to agree 'Biggest hit ever!!'

That's actually how I read the title.

I guess some people have nothing better to do than attempt to bash an OS they've never even tried.

 

[Adamd]

I am fully converted, unless there is some major show stopper with the rtm for me i will be ditching vista.

I agree!

Unless money is very tight there is no real reason to stick with Vista once 7 is fully released.

 

[FreakyFerret]

At work, we still use XP. Vista will never touch our computers. When Win7 RC hits, I'm going to migrate 50% of my user to it. (They all use roaming profiles, so data migration is zero.) When RTM comes out, I'm moving all of my users to it.

I've already tested every application we use. I've tested all of our external work websites. I've tested all our internal web applications. I've tested our roaming features. I've tested our network. I've tested all of our hardware. I've tested everything since the beta release. It all works perfectly with Win7. Something actually work better.

With the new features (under hood as well as GUI) and everything else Win7 offers, I'd be crazy not to upgrade since there are no bugs for us, let alone showstoppers.

 

[penguin17]

Can't ever see me going back to xp, hell even going back to vista would be a nightmare

 

[torrentg]

If I was in a leadership IT position, which of course I'm not, I would deploy 7 on every desktop I possibly could. All my life I have hated on MS but this time around, they have done something wonderful and amazing. My hat off to them!

 

[Jacee]

If I could have my way, I would have all three of my computers running Win7. As others have said it's too early to tell if it will be the biggest hit ever.

Those who are still with XP, won't give it up until they're absolutely, beyond a shred of doubt, it will work for them. Those who have Vista, and it works!, will most likely wait.

I have to have all three versions of Windows to see where and what a person has done to help themselves to a Trojan, virus, malware, rootkit or whatever thier pleasure du jour is :sarc:

 

[Barman58]

As the question asked is "will Windows be MS's biggest hit ever" I would probably probably not, my reasoning behind this is as follows ...

I would suggest that XP is the most successful Microsoft OS, due to the fact that it has had an artificially long life cycle, due to Vista not appearing when it was planned to and then not taking off the way it might have. XP was also Microsoft's flagship OS when the explosion of world PC use occurred.

Windows 7 is the Best Microsoft OS based on what we have seen to date however it is entering the market at a time when the economic conditions are bad so may start slower than it deserves.
Also of course it is unlikely that Windows 7 will have the life cycle of XP, with Microsoft expecting to return to the normal timetable for Windows 8 or whatever it will be called.

 

[mxosder16]

i think windows 7 is the best OS they've put out, however, with the way this economy is, i think it'll start slow.
i'm also excited to see their marketing