Windows 7 has proved hugely popular among the consumer and has already surpassed Windows Vista in terms of market share. Microsoft have their eyes firmly set on overtaking Windows XP at this stage but there’s still a long way to go before that happens.
However, this latest report will be well received by the guys in Redmond. According to the report, the next twelve months are vital for Microsoft. It’s over these next twelve months that we will see if Windows 7 really has hit it off with corporations and businesses still running Windows XP and Windows Vista.
The report from Network world was carried out in September and 115 different IT clients were polled by independent analyst firm “Directions”
It found that 11% of Microsoft customers have already made the upgrade from either Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7. The interesting facts are when the IT “Decision Makers” were asked if they planned on upgrading to Windows 7 over the coming 12 months. 50% of them said they expect to see an upgrade to Microsoft’s latest OS over the next 12 months.
An additional 27% said they expect to make the shift to the newest operating system over the next 2 years or so.
So why are so many businesses keen to jump on the bandwagon and upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as they can?
Well it’s quite simple really, Windows XP is old, it’s being phased out of support and as a result it’s not as secure anymore. Also Microsoft is pushing users even more away from it by releasing Internet Explorer 9, which will only work on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
But will they upgrade their existing hardware or just buy new machines? 38% of those surveyed said they’d simply buy new hardware with Windows 7 pre-installed and save all the hassle of trying to upgrade all their machines.
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