So if you are still running win7 or even XP, MS is certain that this latest version will convince you to install it.
How are Windows 7 users needing to be “won over”?
Sitting here with my ThinkPad R50e running Win XP. It does everything I need and then some. Tell me again why I should upgrade?
MSFT made XP, and Win 7 for that matter, too good.
If MSFT lives up to their “every other OS is a good one” history, Win 9 should be a humdinger!
Who knows? Maybe by then I’ll have updated to Win 7 where I can still run XP in a virtual machine :)
Not sure why Microsoft is worried, Linux is so much better,faster,lightweight, and does more than windows could ever dream of, not to mention the lack of Virus’s and other nasty little things.
Well, this new OS should run like a champ then. Because every other Microsoft OS alternates between sucky and super.
All they need to do is come up with a nice XP interface to win over this Win 7 user.
I have still not gotten a check from MS for 500,000 bucks to buy new manufacturing machinery that works with Winows 8
I want Win 7 with the Win XP file manager and Power Toys.
I’m on XP. I haven’t seen much evidence that my productivity would increase even going to Windows 3000 (and no, I’m not an idiot).
Just don’t see how spreadsheets, or Word, or database access, or my Cad programs improve. Or my browsers.
Hold out my @ss, I just started using Windows 7 a few months ago. After dealing with the wife’s Win 8 machine and the Xp BS MS played, no way will they stampede me again.
I run 8/8.1 on all my desktops and I’m getting to where I don’t like 7 anymore and as for XP...blech! How archaic.
Haters gonna hate I guess.
Computers are supposed to be about productivity. Spending time learning how to use a new operating system to do the same tasks in a different way is not productive.
IMHO, Windows should be more like Linux in one way. Upgrade the underlying software base, but keep a WinXP shell, Win7 shell and create a new Win8 shell like Linux has KDE, Cinnamon, XFCE, etc.
That way, I can upgrade to the latest Windows to support new hardware and get all the latest security fixes, but don’t have to re-learn basic tasks that shouldn’t change from version to version.
How many millions (or billions) were lost re-training experienced Office users when they went to the “ribbon?”
I have been running Windows 7 for over a year after upgrading my desktop from Windows XP and really like it. I have tried Windows 8 and 8.1 on friend’s computers and absolutely hate it. Even doing simple tasks like upgrading anti- virus software or installing Skype become hours of frustration. While Apple’ s OS has its quirks it is half way intuitive and you can quickly master the basics. Even geeky Linux is more straight forward than Windows 8. Windows 8 is a dud and the boys at Microsoft need to go back to the drawing board and come up with something better than Windows 8 before I will consider upgrading.
7 does everything I want. If the newer Windows pays my bills, cures cancer and brings world peace...I’ll buy it.
XP served me quite well for a long time.I see no reason why 7 won’t do the same.