“That’s because Vista sucked ass.”
Um no. Vista has nothing to do with it. We are currently about 60% complete with our XP to 7 migration. Why should I know dump what I have done for the 12k users we have already converted or scurry and try to formulate a plan to move the remaining 8k users to Win8? We have a plan and its working. I see now compelling reason to move to Win8. Now Server 2012 is different we have already stated upgrading some of our 1500 servers. But none of that was because “Vista sucked”...
I think that's wrong. The author is wanting to declare Windows 8 a failure becuase the adoption rate of Windows 7 was much faster. Most businesses are doing exactly what your are - upgrading XP to W7.
XP is getting long in the tooth, and development work on it ceased some time ago. Vista did suck, and a lot of companies delayed their normal upgrade cycle to wait for Windows 7. When it did come out a they were more than ready for an upgrade and that drove faster adoption rates.
Still using Vista here. Since ‘07. :) Have a 7 disc will upgrade whenever the installation gets corrupted.