Windows 7 already more beloved than Vista
Depending on the source you believe, Windows 7 is going to be released in the next three, the next six, or the next nine months. Whatever the truth it seems as though we’ll finally be able to get our hands on Microsoft’s latest operating system by the start of next year. Which is going to please a lot of people.
The development and reception enjoyed so far by Windows 7 has been completely different to that endured by Windows Vista. While the current crippled and soon-headed-for-the-scrapheap OS was beset by difficulties from the off, and consequently hated by so many when those difficulties turned into issues for consumers, Windows 7 seems to already be much-loved, even at this beta stage.
Vista’s main problem was the negative media coverage. Yes, even more than the hardware requirements, the pricing, the system bloat, and the fact it wasn’t XP, the critical reception it gained from journalists and bloggers alike condemned it to the fate it now finds itself realizing.
No such problem for Windows 7 which has received almost nothing but positive coverage so far. And that is seeping through to end-users, both ordinary consumers and IT professionals charged with upgrading their companies’ systems.
A new poll conducted by ChangeWave Research finds that the overall view of Windows 7 is already much more positive than that enjoyed by Vista at any stage of its life. Forty-four percent of the 68 users testing the Windows 7 beta responded by stating they were “very satisfied” with the operating system. Compare that to a similar poll held early on in Vista’s life when just 10 percent responded positively.
This has led a large proportion of IT professionals to decide to hold off upgrading their systems to Vista and hold on for Windows 7 instead. A majority 53 percent said their businesses were now going to skip Vista altogether and jump straight from XP to Windows 7.
It seems that Windows 7 is already a huge success even before it has been released. Were that level of satisfaction and positive media coverage to extend through the launch and beyond then Windows 7 could have a chance of truly being a worthy replacement to the long-in-the-tooth but much-revered XP.
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April 9th, 2009
“Vista’s main problem was the negative media coverage.”
Dave, you seem to be seriously lacking in even the most rudimentary of reasoning skills. The statement quoted above is astonishing, to say the least, and is clear evidence that you are confusing cause and effect. Vista’s main problem is that it is rubbish (cause), which has led, in turn, to negative media coverage (effect).
It appears that your judgement is coloured by wishful thinking, and the suspicion naturally arises that you are on Microsoft’s payroll. Whatever the case, you really are going to have to lift your game if you want to pass muster as a serious journalist.
April 14th, 2009
I believe that Windows7 will be more accepted by the users when compared with Vista.
Although I do not really accept the ideas of Hugh, I see that Vista was not easy to use and problems arose was not fully solved by MS.
But I think MS has the Win7 as a total reply for all dissapointing Vista adventure.
April 14th, 2009
“the critical reception it gained from _journalists_ and _bloggers_ ”
“the fact it wasn’t XP”
Professionals.
Do you understand at all that Win7 is Vista?