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RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story
Most corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.

Most companies will also not upgrade to Windows 7, because an XP to Windows 7 upgrade is not on offer. Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 brings a lot of headages and high costs.
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RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  Tom62 | 10/19/09
Most Admins...  djmik | 10/19/09
Not quite  de-void | 10/19/09
harder to manage? insecure?  TG2 | 10/21/09
Of course that's what MS wants us to think...  cosuna | 10/23/09
What a load of bollocks  Macintoshtoffy | 10/20/09
Learning curve... learning curve..  cosuna | 10/23/09
Uninteresting replies  johnfenjackson@... | 10/19/09
Why are so many PCs running obsolete OSes?  nabisho | 10/19/09
Criminals thank you.  Stan57 | 10/19/09
I doubt you know what an industrial computer is  nabisho | 10/19/09
In some cases  A.Sinic | 10/20/09
Not only is your description of IE complete FUD but  JasonJD48 | 10/20/09
Why aren't they running Vista?  Lerianis10 | 10/19/09
huh?  Keywalker4God | 10/19/09
Drivers were ready?  bobiroc | 10/19/09
Chicken and Egg  A.Sinic | 10/20/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  LWEM | 10/19/09
Aeroglass is so totaly useless to busineses  rkwalters@... | 10/19/09
Playing a broken record  A.Sinic | 10/20/09
In other news Adrian is surprised that...  zkiwi | 10/19/09
I'm not you know ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 10/19/09
We know. The "killer" app has not surfaced.  xuniL_z | 10/19/09
While your statement is true...  IT_User | 10/19/09
My comment was for Adrian, who has blogged several times...  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
I'd like to know...  storm14k | 10/19/09
There have been some game changers  IT_User | 10/19/09
We have ceased to be amazed. But...  Cayble | 10/19/09
OEM's  jdbukis@... | 10/19/09
One suggestion  Rick_R | 10/19/09
Search  cpt_slog@... | 10/19/09
You've not used the search w/ Vista?  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
search  lachgil | 10/25/09
Is the speed that bad w/o indexing involved?  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
@xuniL_z Introduces another straw man!  Isocrates | 10/20/09
Straw man? Lighten up would you.  xuniL_z | 10/21/09
Huh?  zkiwi | 10/19/09
The odd thing about software is that you can re-install it on new hardware  Ole Man | 10/19/09
Have I got a surprise for you. You won't believe this...  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
That's OK  bobiroc | 10/20/09
Ole Man has a right to his opinions  Isocrates | 10/20/09
Sure he does  bobiroc | 10/21/09
I appreciate your response  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Are you sure? [Addendum]  Isocrates | 10/22/09
I'll post it again, so you can have it deleted again...  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
@Backward_Linux: Who were you addressing? Who delete?  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Adhominem my perfect rebuttal w/o a response. coward?  xuniL_z | 10/23/09
Well thats a bit too much of a generalisation  jdbukis@... | 10/19/09
But do 9 out of 10 corporations care?  IT_User | 10/19/09
Most corporations don't care about Win OS  prof123 | 10/19/09
Away from extortion?  Isocrates | 10/19/09
How many times do you want to display you are wrong?  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
Laughable  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
Simple answer....  storm14k | 10/19/09
Like you said....Companies need huge increases in sales before  lightingrod | 10/19/09
Or Huge Losses of data...  condelirios | 10/19/09
Is that the point of vulnerability?  IT_User | 10/19/09
Not really an issue  rcfoulk@... | 10/19/09
Or Huge Losses of data...  sy34010 | 10/19/09
You must have been in a coma when win7 stormed to the top of Amazon sales..  xuniL_z | 10/19/09
Apparently that was supposed to impress  IT_User | 10/19/09
Let him wallow....  storm14k | 10/19/09
That doesn't answer the windows 95 phenomenon....  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
@xuniL_z Please! You are too intelligent...  Isocrates | 10/20/09
I see. And your hypothesis is even more impressing.  xuniL_z | 10/20/09
The corp I work for won't upgrade for years  HollywoodDog | 10/19/09
Yeah...  James T. Kirk | 10/19/09
Management thought process revolves around word these days "frugal"  lightingrod | 10/19/09
"Frugal" is a polite euphemism. Suggest upgrading everyone, saltier reply..  HollywoodDog | 10/19/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  Loverock Davidson | 10/19/09
No Comment On 93% Running XP???  itanalyst2@... | 10/19/09
Third parties, testing, and training are the reasons.  peter_erskine@... | 10/19/09
With this reasoning  Viva la crank dodo | 10/19/09
Nine out of 10 corporatations will run W-7 when the swallows come back  lightingrod | 10/19/09
Does Corporate include education  bobiroc | 10/19/09
Education is widely varied. My local district cant afford textbooks  HollywoodDog | 10/19/09
The District must...  condelirios | 10/19/09
The rich district has a few school owned Macs  HollywoodDog | 10/19/09
That is true  bobiroc | 10/19/09
They aren't using Windows XP for important tasks...  condelirios | 10/19/09
Mostly true...  IT_User | 10/19/09
Upgrading to Win7 Corporate-style  JJ Brannon | 10/19/09
Apparently...  condelirios | 10/19/09
OR....  storm14k | 10/19/09
Apparently You've Missed Something  i-want-gizmos | 10/19/09
Easy upgrade path  JJ Brannon | 10/20/09
Tools for corporate deployment are available  Earthling2 | 10/19/09
What are the advantages?  Cosmic1 | 10/19/09
humm . . .  CobraA1 | 10/19/09
Organizational management bases financial decisions on facts  Isocrates | 10/19/09
Obsolete OS  boomchuck1 | 10/19/09
True statement! [nt]  Isocrates | 10/19/09
More RAM required, but less RAM upgrades required, How come?  alokgovil | 10/19/09
required RAM  Kasey156 | 10/20/09
Well based on those symptoms  bobiroc | 10/20/09
Diagnosis: Dell.  Kasey156 | 10/20/09
Funny  bobiroc | 10/20/09
Diagnosis: Dell  Kasey156 | 10/21/09
Didn't mean to offend  bobiroc | 10/21/09
No offense  Kasey156 | 10/23/09
Another simple answer  Tholian_53 | 10/19/09
Windows 7 XP MOde is a sloooooow train  microface@... | 10/19/09
I'll put money they  rtk | 10/19/09
Why the  Isocrates | 10/19/09
If it ain't broke . . .  Ken_z | 10/19/09
Snow Leopard was just a service pack that  mustangj36@... | 10/21/09
And yet, Windows 8 is being planned!  RazorEdge | 10/19/09
So what?  bobiroc | 10/19/09
It is my perception that RazorEdge's point...  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Gotta keep that revenue stream  IT_User | 10/19/09
FAIL  NStalnecker | 10/19/09
Yet it's perfectly OK  NStalnecker | 10/19/09
You compare apples with oranges and blue-green lagoons?  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Necessary to take advantage of future technologies and ideas  Earthling2 | 10/19/09
I would consider upgrading to Windows 7....  SystemVoid | 10/19/09
If your PC is 6 years old  bobiroc | 10/19/09
We are staying with WinXP, Win2000 Pro, and  Isocrates | 10/19/09
Let's look at this from another direction.  druid627@... | 10/19/09
"I myself didn't upgrade from Windows 98 to XP until it wasn't supported."  Dry_Land_Is_Not_A_Myth | 10/19/09
Before Windows, I was...  Isocrates | 10/20/09
No updrage path from XP  alokgovil | 10/19/09
I wouldn't say NO UPGRADE PATH  bobiroc | 10/19/09
Not quite accurate...  msalzberg | 10/19/09
Yes  bobiroc | 10/20/09
Disk2vhd  Earthling2 | 10/19/09
The real purpose of Windows 7  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Your speculations are simply fascinating.  xuniL_z | 10/22/09
Microsoft's motives?  Isocrates | 10/22/09
Did you notice the "3% run Vista"?  davetracer@... | 10/19/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  mikewbc | 10/19/09
My two pennies  dchase@... | 10/19/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  askmahesh@... | 10/19/09
There must be something wrong  lehnerus2000 | 10/19/09
Definately something wrong  bobiroc | 10/20/09
It's the software  Chad Strunk | 10/19/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  aaarrrnnn | 10/19/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  jimk_z | 10/20/09
Survey is Microsoft sales campaign for Win 7.  root12 | 10/20/09
fear of uncertainty  ThinkFairer | 10/20/09
No drivers for old hardware force you to keep old OSes  plino | 10/20/09
Microsoft sponsored study urges corporations to install Windows 7!!  whisperycat | 10/20/09
Who, whoa, whoa there ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 10/20/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  alabasterdragon@... | 10/20/09
Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Vista, but they're not!  SteveMak | 10/20/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  wilberisaac | 10/20/09
most companies...  dougogd@... | 10/20/09
The Premise of the Story is Puzzling  davagain | 10/20/09
Adrian, I believe less than 1 out of 10 corporations will upgrade to Win7  Isocrates | 10/22/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  mlkazar | 10/22/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  Migration Expert Zone | 10/23/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the w  terramir@... | 10/23/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  gajjujee | 10/23/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story  gajjujee | 10/23/09
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the w  ConstableOdo | 10/30/09

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