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"Rick" wrote in message
... snip I would guess the folks who will benefit most will be Vista users. I am totally happy with XP LOL...that's probably a good guess. Vista may be the most compelling reason to upgrade to Windows 7. ![]() |
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glee wrote:
Pointing out that the vast majority of PC users never re-install their existing OS, let alone purchase and install retail versions of a newer OS, is one way to answer that question. Vast majority? I think not. While the numbers for upgrade are down from the past, still a significant minority upgrade their OS Think about what you just said, and then consider the history and time-line of Windoze releases. XP started to appear on new PC's in early 2002. XP's hardware requirements were significantly more demanding than the win-98 and ME machines that had been sold during the previous 3 to 4 years. Very few people upgraded from 98/me to 2K on the same hardware. Fewer still upgraded from 98/ME to XP. And then we had 5 years of XP before Vista came out. What percentage of pre-2002 machines running 98/me (or even 2k) were getting retail versions of XP installed during those 5 years? Very few - or insignificant. Then there was Vista, and all it's bad press. Even Microsoft admitted that you needed a high-powered machine to make the switch from XP to Vista. That turned off a lot of people. Once upon a time a lot of people did purchase retail versions of Windows to install on their current PC. That was back in 1998-1999 when people were upgrading their Windows-95 machines to Windows-98 FE and SE. It hasn't happened like that ever since - even upgrading from ME to 2K or XP didn't happen in large numbers. And now Micro$haft is saying that installing Seven over Vista or XP is a pain-in-the-ass, which can mean only one thing - that a lot of people are going to hand their XP machines to their grand children as they buy new PC's with Seven pre-installed (or they switch to Mac's). Certainly a large number re-install their existing OS... this I know for a fact. You are dreaming. The average PC user has never laid eyes on their original OEM XP disk (if they even had a real one). Your perceptions are skewed because you're obviously involved in IT or system-admin or have been around PC's for years. BTW, just one example: " iYogi, the on-demand tech services company with a unique global delivery model never heard of them announced today that an encouraging 36 percent of consumers expect to upgrade to Windows 7 on their existing PC. Again, given the fact that an in-place install of Seven over XP is impossible, many people are going to consider the merrits of wiping their existing PC vs just buying a new one with Seven already on it - or not even considering migrating to Seven if it means re-installing all their existing apps (assuming they can find all their original media and license keys). |
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glee wrote:
Pointing out that the vast majority of PC users never re-install their existing OS, let alone purchase and install retail versions of a newer OS, is one way to answer that question. Vast majority? I think not. While the numbers for upgrade are down from the past, still a significant minority upgrade their OS Think about what you just said, and then consider the history and time-line of Windoze releases. XP started to appear on new PC's in early 2002. XP's hardware requirements were significantly more demanding than the win-98 and ME machines that had been sold during the previous 3 to 4 years. Very few people upgraded from 98/me to 2K on the same hardware. Fewer still upgraded from 98/ME to XP. And then we had 5 years of XP before Vista came out. What percentage of pre-2002 machines running 98/me (or even 2k) were getting retail versions of XP installed during those 5 years? Very few - or insignificant. Then there was Vista, and all it's bad press. Even Microsoft admitted that you needed a high-powered machine to make the switch from XP to Vista. That turned off a lot of people. Once upon a time a lot of people did purchase retail versions of Windows to install on their current PC. That was back in 1998-1999 when people were upgrading their Windows-95 machines to Windows-98 FE and SE. It hasn't happened like that ever since - even upgrading from ME to 2K or XP didn't happen in large numbers. And now Micro$haft is saying that installing Seven over Vista or XP is a pain-in-the-ass, which can mean only one thing - that a lot of people are going to hand their XP machines to their grand children as they buy new PC's with Seven pre-installed (or they switch to Mac's). Certainly a large number re-install their existing OS... this I know for a fact. You are dreaming. The average PC user has never laid eyes on their original OEM XP disk (if they even had a real one). Your perceptions are skewed because you're obviously involved in IT or system-admin or have been around PC's for years. BTW, just one example: " iYogi, the on-demand tech services company with a unique global delivery model never heard of them announced today that an encouraging 36 percent of consumers expect to upgrade to Windows 7 on their existing PC. Again, given the fact that an in-place install of Seven over XP is impossible, many people are going to consider the merrits of wiping their existing PC vs just buying a new one with Seven already on it - or not even considering migrating to Seven if it means re-installing all their existing apps (assuming they can find all their original media and license keys). |
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![]() LOL...that's probably a good guess. Vista may be the most compelling reason to upgrade to Windows 7. ![]() At a recent function for W7, that was pretty much what MS was saying, using different words. -- Jeff Richards ---------------------------------------- |
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