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Weekend Open Forum: Have you upgraded to Windows 7 yet? What is there to like/not?
TechSpot — ... worldwide rely on Windows. A big chunk of those computers are still running XP or even older versions. A majority of businesses didn’t go for Vista and are now showing more willingness to move to 7 eventually, which will also require more modern hardware. Finally, in the consumer end, a majority of the PCs currently running Vista came with the OS pre-installed, and that hardware is more than capable to handle 7, one less obstacle that is showing in preliminary sales statistics for retail boxed versions of the new OS. [image] In this edition of our weekend open forum ...

Windows 7 hits over 4% market share in less than three weeks
TechSpot — ... 7 is outpacing its predecessor at an alarming rate. It took Vista roughly six months after release to reach 4% share. This momentum may continue through the end of the year, when PC sales are traditionally high. If it does, it will be interesting to see where most of the users are coming from -- be it upgrades from XP, Vista, or new machines. Regardless, the message is clear: Windows 7 is growing at an astounding rate. A report earlier in the month indicated that Windows 7 was selling significantly better than Vista in retail, which was undoubtedly affected by ...