Windows 7 dead already??

[w1dpc]

i have noticed when looking at new computers on the big box stores websites that they are pushing windows 8 for every new machine. makes me think they dropped windows 7 like a hot coal.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

This has happened with the release of every new OS yet look how long XP's been around.

 

[patio]

Ain't gonna happen...especially after people start taking home Win8 PC's this Holiday season...
I expect to be very busy with my Home user client base.

 

[OldMX]

By agreement with microsoft every computer manufacturer has to sell the current windows version bundled with their computers, nothing new since the release of windows vista.

 

[gregrocker]

I'm watching for downgrade rights. They offered them for XP in Vista.

You have a wildly popular OS for desktop experience which is only just coming fully into the mainstream at 3, then want to replace it with a phone GUI for desktop experience?

Hello, market forces? Are you there?

 

[bigmck]

By agreement with microsoft every computer manufacturer has to sell the current windows version bundled with their computers, nothing new since the release of windows vista.

I don't think it is any accident that both Win 7 and Win 8 were introduced in October, close to the holiday gift giving time. Does anyone remember when Vista and XP came out?

 

[kradangel]

I don't think Windows 8 could make a big change considering the report that order of this new OS is not like that Big as Windows 7. I don't see a very big difference on Windows 8 compared to Windows 7. It only added the touch screen capability.

 

[Sardonicus]

Dell on their USA "Home" website, they offer a choice of Windows 7 and 8. When customizing a new build, one has to be sure to look for the Windows 7 and Windows 8 choices.


If not, your build will default to Windows 8.

Windows 7 won't be dead for a very long time.
It's just that retailers are going to push Windows 8,
as it's touted to be the next big thing.

 

[bru]

Maybe there is a thread. I read today that MS is saying they sold more copies of Win 8 in X timeframe since its release than Win 7 did in the same period.

I find it hard to believe since I would think more people wanted to move from Vista->Win 7 than from Win 7->Win 8.

 

[AddRAM]

They`re not gonna advertise a pc and say "Comes with Windows 7", they would just sound silly.

Don`t get me wrong, I hate 8


And by the way, Windows 7, was my idea !! :banghead:icnic:

 

[LittleJay]

And by the way, Windows 7, was my idea !!

Very nicely done mate!!!

 

[AddRAM]

Ya, I actually liked those commercials.

 

[Sardonicus]

Maybe there is a thread. I read today that MS is saying they sold more copies of Win 8 in X timeframe since its release than Win 7 did in the same period.

I find it hard to believe since I would think more people wanted to move from Vista->Win 7 than from Win 7->Win 8.

Tablet sales may have made the difference. Considering that more people are buying tablets now, than they did 3 years ago and Windows 8 has gotten a big roll-out, the numbers are probably correct.