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It has, officially, only been live for about 24 hours but Windows 7, Microsoft’s latest operating system, has already won a much-needed thumbs-up from organisations. Researchers at ITIC found that half of outfits plan to adopt Windows 7 in the coming year, having being impressed with its initial performance and compatibility. Of the 1,500 organisations polled, the remainder were split between 40 per cent with no upgrade plan and 10 per cent planning to adopt on release of the first service pack. Having used a pre-release version of Windows 7, eight in ten of the firms said the OS was “very good” or “excellent,” compared with just two per cent who found it “poor.” The survey also found that the upgrade to Windows, which runs 90 per cent of all PCs, is needed, as only a quarter of the firms were satisfied with XP and Vista. Analysts say Windows 7 must do what Vista didn’t – deliver near seamless integration and interoperability with the bulk of MS and third-party products. As a result, Microsoft led a series of internal and external programmes on applications compatibility, aimed at making the upgrade to Windows 7 easier than upgrading from XP to Vista But ITIC principal analyst Laura DiDio said the ultimate test would come over the next several months, as users widely deploy Windows 7 in production networks. In that time, the onus is on Microsoft and its users to prove Windows 7’s mettle to the 40 per cent of outfits, commercial and academic, as well as consumers who are still sceptical. An even bigger test for the software company will be wooing the 26 per cent of those outfits who indicated they were content to remain on XP and Vista for the foreseeable future. However DiDio added that the early indications, based on the survey and first person interviews with beta users and early adopters of Windows 7, is that Microsoft’s efforts to ensure a smooth migration have "paid off." Oct 23, 2009 Email this article Printer friendly page Previous Page
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