Do You Think That Companies Will Switch From Windows XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7?
October 28th, 2008 Windows 7 - Operating System 6 Comments

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joshuajosh515 asked:


Most companies use windows XP as there operating system. Do you think that they will switch over to windows vista, or window 7(when they release the final version)?
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6 Responses to “Do You Think That Companies Will Switch From Windows XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7?”

  • Chickster 30October2008

    No they’re switching over to Linux, a more superior O/S! (By the droves!
    You have to get past the Microsoft marketing hype, and look for the truth!)

  • Colin J 31October2008

    Not if they have any brains.

  • reformer81 2November2008

    There have actually been numerous reports of companies switching from Vista back to Windows XP. Not only that, a growing number of companies and individuals are switching away from Microsoft altogether and choosing a Linux-based operating system instead.

  • Dsfa A 6November2008

    Vista was failure and Windows 7 is expected to be failure.

  • TStodden 6November2008

    While it’ll be a while before anything definitive appears in the corporate sector, most companies are hold out for Windows 7 since Windows Vista as serious disappointed some companies that has high system requirements.

    I’ve heard that one company test drove Vista on one of their system (as a stress test) & it fried the motherboard with normal business use.

    HOWEVER, some companies (usually the smaller businesses) are jettisoning Windows for Linux in retaliation (& cost-cutting measures).

    Please be aware that I’m speculating here on information that I’ve read & know… but it’s still speculation.

  • Rose D 9November2008

    It depends. I work at a major university (35,000 students and around 10,000 faculty/staff) and we’re switching to Vista. My department hasn’t yet because we have a lot of outdated hardware, but we’ve tested it and all of our apps, including in-house apps, run fine. Those of us in tech support switched last summer and have had no problems. We’re planning to start installing Vista for volunteers this spring and put it on all new PCs this summer. Windows 7 isn’t due out until 2010 or later, and Vista has some security features that we really like. When 2010 or 2011 rolls around we’ll probably hav a mixture of XP, Vista and Windows 7.

    We had a guy who went Mac crazy, so we now have about 30 Macs, but they’ve been a horrible failure due to lack of support from Apple. I’ve been pushing Linux but we run lots of custom VB apps (which I don’t want to have to rewrite) and small apps with no Linux equivalents so it’s really not practical.

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