Windows XP vs. Windows 7 – User Ratio 2 to 1

It's definitely worth switching to Window 7 from Vista. From XP? Not sure. I get about half a dozen BSOs on my two Win7 OSs in about half a year. That never happened with my XP. And that's by using XP most of the time.

It's definitely worth switching from XP also. I've never had a bsod on any of my windows 7 machines. None on the 3 laptops we use at home, the desktop at home or the desktop and laptop used for work purposes.

Why personal users want to hang on is beyond me. It makes some sense in the corporate world and even many of those users would benefit by the switch. Of course, we're talking about a corporate world that still embraces IE 6 to an insane degree, so expecting the corporate world to keep pace is like expecting oil compaies to lower gas prices. In other words, unlikely.

Yes, yes, I know the cost and potential trouble of upgrading in the corporate world. Still, at some point, it becomes time to replace those legacy apps with more updated ones and those machines with more modern systems. That's part of doing business. That time is approaching when it comes to Windows and other systems that the corporate world needs to update. Security being one reason, but also, speedier and more modern software and hardware increases productivity in the workforce (in theory anyway.)

We'll see how many try and hold out for the next version of Windows... Some will stick it out, but it's obvious that Windows 7 is enjoying a steady growth and I'd expect that to stay at a pretty steady pace. The question than will become: Are they going to upgrade to Windows 8? Windows XP will eventually be forgotten and just another past OS and the corporate world will do things as they always do. Windows 7 may be the next one they hang onto or it may be Windows 8, etc. The game never changes. The only thing that changes is the players. We'll be talking about new OS's in the future and how long it will take consumers and even more so, business, to upgrade. This is nothing new and the story will remain the same.

Basically, what I'm saying is this: This really isn't a story, because this story has been played out many times before and will be played out many more times to come.

All well and good if the cost can be off set against the business but knowing microsoft. Home premium will not be worth having even at £100 so you have to pay maybe £130 - £150 for Professional then we find that much of the software sitting on windows like Photoshop is sold on the basis of two or three loads only, maybe if you call up the manufacturer they would be sympathetic...doubt it. I replaced my Home office 2003 with 2010 home office and student only to find that it does not have outlook or even outlook express. so the send command does not work, it is all copy and paste. I would have thought that something designed for the home and Student would at least have a seamless mailing device as standard. Over all we are being mugged by microsoft. Think about this how many copies of windows 7 are being sold and need to be sold throuout the world in the next five years at a typical £130 a shot. It is just too expensive. why do they not do a same address three user version?? G