Windows 7, Vista, XP There Will Be Blood
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWhen two is a crowd, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP will suffocate the market, with all three operating systems available concomitantly, albeit XP will be the most handicapped of the three, but still up for grabs, and even available through downgrade options.
When it launched Vista, Microsoft told customers that it was time to get off XP. When it offered Service Pack 1 for Vista, the Redmond company gave the market, perhaps the first time with Vista, an actual alternative to XP. The release of SP3 in 2008 did nothing for the soon to be decade-old operating system, although it was long overdue following the launch of XP SP2 in 2004. With Windows 7 on the horizon expect a reinvigorated get off XP refrain.
Simply because, just as XP was Vista's biggest rival, it will also be the most consistent barrier in the way of Windows 7 grabbing audience. And just as Vista had to erode XP in order to increase its market share, so will Windows 7 need to convert not only XP, but also Vista users to grow its installed base. Fact is that neither Mac OS X nor Linux are in danger of seeing their respective share of the market converted to Windows 7. The battle is however over existing Windows users and new consumers, especially from emerging countries, one between Linux and Windows, and in which the latter has the upper hand.
In a research note published earlier this month, Gartner indicates that getting off Windows XP is the true priority, with Windows Vista vs. Windows 7 having less relevance. Gartner's vision is obviously tailored to businesses and not to the general public. Still, there are points valid for both target groups. One of them is: if you skipped Vista altogether don't be so fast as giving yourself a pat on the back.
Although Microsoft remains circumspect about its target date for the release of the new OS, we expect Windows 7 will likely be released to manufacturing in September 2009 or earlier so it can be preinstalled on new PCs available in store shelves by November. As the release of Windows 7 nears and the beta version garners good reviews for performance and stability, more organizations are beginning to question current Windows Vista deployment plans, revealed Gartner's Michael A. Silver.
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Comments(17)
who is the winner
we are sparta
not need bettle..
we know win xp will winner...
"who is the winner ? "
linux of osx :)
white men will be the winners because white men are greatest of all!
you wish white men are great... if it weren't for the japanese, none of this technology
would exist. yeah white are so great that they're begging the middle east nations to bail
them out of their debt... stop dreaming!
haha you fool z, intel and ms are white man's companies. true, the japs do make certain
technology. we also make the best cars - bmw, merc, bentley,rolls, porsche, ferrari - list
goes on! there is no begging middle east nations to bail us out of debt. it is white mans
protection of those successful middle east nations that has allowed them to flourish
without being taken over by the likes of saddam hussein. we also have the countries that
all non-whites want to flock to so you stop dreaming kid!
companies and corporations replace computer hardware every so often. as long as w7 has
good reviews and it can network it easily enough then it will replace xp.of course if we
go into global depression, new computers will take a back seat to more important things.
xp, vista, w7 could have very strong competion from food.
this is no place for a prejudists discussion!!!
that race crap is so freakin old world it's pathetic!
in the "new digital world
order," your either tech or no tech, digital or analog! race, color, creed, or gender is
irrelevant. it all boils down to is ability.
by the way don't let the ms
machine fool you xp will soon be xtinct and vista will become the new xp, once it becomes
the choice for the hardcore pc users or gamers it will trickle in reverse to the pc
manufacturer. at that time it will be in saturation before you blink!
xp killed after rc2 of windows 7 that may be available in may or june.
here we go:
it's 2012 and microsoft still has 85% share of the os market.
yes, mac picked up to 14% by then and poor linux and his friends make up the rest. of that
85% share here's the breakdown: windows 7 is 45%, windows vista is 15% and windows xp is
20%. read it and weep.
microsoft already started to kill xp. first with sp3 who kill mce2005. now ie8 introduced
bugs in xp if installed. just becausethey consider it does not worh to make more test for
xp.
how will switching from xp to vista/7 improve business? until m$ gives a reasonable
answer, xp remains alive.
death announcement!!! xp iz dead but gud news is that ther's a perfect replacement win7
...coz no drivers reqd,new machines ar in the mkt who would want to spend 39 mins
installin an os
just nid my activation en i'll call it quit on xp.
ok so in 3 years windows 7 by then grow up to 50% of the market ... but still xp take
somthing like 25% of the market ... by then windows 8 is coming .... and we will have 4
windows (ouch).
microsoft should do extraordinary work to get rid of xp.
my company still run xp, because it's run our applications very well. and i don't
see them upgrade any time soon.
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funny lol
By mhar on 29.03.2009 - 03:03