69 percent of IT admins admit employees love Windows 7

Jul 22, 2016 05:13 GMT  ·  By

The world’s slowly migrating to Windows 10, and Microsoft’s own data shows that the new operating system is already running on 350 million devices around the world, including here PCs and mobile devices.

And a new survey conducted by Spiceworks indicates the same thing, as IT professionals admit that they have already switched to Windows 10 or at least are considering the upgrade for their companies.

Specifically, 38 percent of the respondents have explained that the transition to Windows 10 is already complete, and Spiceworks says that this is just a little below the estimate of 40 percent in the first year after the launch of the operating system. Companies with 250 employees or more usually switch to new OSes first while bigger firms wait for a major update, as is the case of the upcoming Anniversary Update, to perform the switch.

Employees like Windows 7 because they’re used to it

69 percent of the respondents, however, admit that, although Windows 10 is an option for their companies, employees still choose Windows 7, mostly because this is an operating system they are already familiar with. But with support for Windows 7 ending in 2020, companies are already planning in advance, so most are pondering the upgrade to Windows 10 to benefit from longer support.

Joe Kinne, IT manager at Prime Electric and one of the participants in the survey, says that employees indeed choose Windows 7, but that’s only because Windows 10 brings new features, and some are worried that it could take more time to get used to it.

“At first, our end users were reluctant to give up a system they already know and like, but they quickly caught on and adapted really well once they began to try the new features and realize the improvements,” he explains.

As far as the reasons for conducting the upgrade are concerned, 66 percent of the IT admins pointed to the free upgrade while 49 percent named the improved performance as the most compelling factor. Only 48 percent explain they decided to install Windows 10 because of the approaching EOS of Windows 7.

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