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The Windows 7 Procrastinators
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| Not everyone is interested in upgrading to
| Windows 7 -- at least not right away.
| Computerworld's survey respondents who said
| they have no plans to upgrade reported that
| they just don't see enough benefit,
| particularly in these tough economic times, to
| warrant the cost of migration.
|
| For Carl Weddle, director of IT at Quality
| Trailer Products, Windows 7 isn't even on the
| radar. "We were clawing our way out of a hole
| until a few months ago," he says, referring to
| the recession. Even in better times, he adds,
| "I tend to stay on the back end of the
| technology curve because it's cheaper there."
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/191065/install_windows_7.html?tk=rss_news
Microsoft is still faking "sales" numbers. Just. Like. Vista.
Recent:
Windows 7 â Itâs Vista All Over Again
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| âThere you go againâ. The Gipper said it in
| 1982, and Iâm saying it today â but about
| Windows 7, not Jimmy Carter.
|
| Because the more I play with Windows 7, the
| more I see the Vista debacle unfolding all
| over again. The commonly accepted wisdom is
| that Windows 7 is oh-so-much-better than
| Vista. Well, based on my own extensive
| testing, itâs not. Not at all.
|
| First a bit of history. Back in 2006 I was
| editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. Vista was
| coming out and we were pretty darn
| laudatory. Microsoft provided us with new
| hardware, we tested beta versions of Vista,
| and we loved it. Shortly after it shipped,
| alas, the Wow was less Now than Ow. Vista
| sucked upon release to the world for a wide
| range of reasons â not least because the
| networking and audio driver models were
| completely rebuilt in the six months prior
| to release. That led to driver problems,
| along with general instability. When I left
| PC Magazine in 2007, my parting column was
| a bit of an apology â weâd been too easy on
| what turned out to be one of Microsoftâs
| more uneven efforts.
|
| Itâs easy to get snowed. Microsoft provides
| its favored reviewers a steady stream of
| highlights, new versions, and new features
| â along with brand new hardware to run the
| new builds upon. A team of technical
| marketers inside the borg stand at the
| ready â helping the anointed work through,
| and around, any problems that develop
| during testing.
|
| [...]
|
| Weâve seen this story before. Vista was
| overhyped when it came out by everyone from
| PC Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. And
| now Windows 7 is getting the same treatment.
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http://louderback.com/2009/windows-7-its-vista-all-over-again/
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