Which Group Of Windows Users Are Switching To Windows 7? Those Who Are Using Vista
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Over at InfoWorld there is an article about who is making the switch over to Windows 7. It is no surprise that the bulk of those who are switching are Windows Vista users. It is also no surprise that those who are using Windows XP are still hanging onto to their older operating system.
InfoWorld makes these assumptions using the following data:
More tellingly, Windows 7 is grabbing a sizable chunk of our new users. Fully 10 percent of the most recent registrants are running some version of Windows 7, which is remarkable since, after three years in the market, Windows Vista still barely registers above the 30 percent level.
And even that number is beginning to erode: As Windows 7 picks up user share, it seems to be making most of its gains at the expense of Vista. In fact, there seems to be a direct correlation between Windows 7 adoption and Vista abandonment, with the latter losing a percentage point and the former gaining the same in a little over a week.
So why would people who are using Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7? It is the stigma that Windows Vista has, whether deserved or not. Windows Vista has been trashed in the press, blogs, forums, magazines, television commercials and by word of mouth. Just the mention of Vista makes people jump to negative conclusions. This is usually from people who have never even used Vista and base their opinion only on what they have read or heard.
Vista on my laptop worked well. I never had any issues, but I am one of the ones who upgraded to Windows 7. Call it what you will, but Vista is an operating system everyone wants to forget.
Comments welcome.
7 Comments
Bruce
November 12th, 2009
at 2:36pm
The same as you, I upgraded my Vista laptop to WIN7. It wasn’t because I was unhappy with Vista - far from it. Because I read so many tech articles and blogs that talk about WIN7, I wanted to be actually using the OS to better understand all the hoopla.
However, at the same time I was upgrading my Vista laptop, I was upgrading my XP desktop to Vista - and wouldn’t dream of going back to XP. Having nothing but positive experiences with Vista, I sure don’t understand all the hate directed toward it. Maybe all these Vista haters don’t remember Windows 2.0….
Ron Schenone
November 12th, 2009
at 2:50pm
Hi Bruce,
They also might not remember DOS either! LOL
How are you liking Windows 7? Let us know.
Thanks, Ron
Denny
November 12th, 2009
at 7:10pm
… I’m thinkin about doin the same thing
Clean and Install from Vista to Windows-7
On my Laptop……..
Ron Schenone
November 13th, 2009
at 6:21am
Heh Denny,
Let me know how that goes for. Also don’t forget about using a SD card in your media reader to take advantage of Ramboost.
Denny
November 13th, 2009
at 6:53am
OK , Ron , and thanks for the SD card Idea you may have to remind me again , busy this weekend with ‘Puter Jobs
AND new stuff to put on the . Harley
Did ya see Da end of Da Game…
Ron Schenone
November 13th, 2009
at 7:09am
Hi Denny,
Yeah I caught the end of the game. I believe that we finally found a worse quarterback than Smith! LOL
Before you upgrade, read my latest post here:
http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/11/13/can-you-trust-the-windows-7-compatibility-report-when-doing-an-upgrade/
Make sure that Gateway has updated drivers for your laptop before taking the plunge to Windows 7. Just because Vista worked doesn’t mean that 7 will.
Furo
November 13th, 2009
at 5:00pm
From a corporate network administrator’s perspective, Vista was utterly unusable. Windows 7, however, is actually tolerable. The relative performance gap is stark, to say the least. Vista is a dog.
ReadyBoost will very likely make a significant difference, as well. Some work has been put into that function and it seems to truly make a difference now, whereas with Vista, the core OS was so painful that ReadyBoost didn’t give a definitive advantage, or only did in certain apps or other specific uses.
Windows 7 uses memory more efficiently in general, also. Instead of tossing everything on the RAM heap and letting the kernel fight it out, things load and unload from RAM much more cleanly, it seems. I haven’t put any numbers to this yet, but the difference in productive work with Windows 7 leaves the nightmare that was Vista to decay with an auspicious lack of grace.
The bonus is that Microsoft actually put out a truly functional version of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Win7, whereas the set for Vista was crankier than a cat with a migraine. Thus far, I do not need to run XP Mode (or more accurately, VMWare) for anything, but time will tell.