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The biggest enemy of Windows 7 is Windows XP
David Heath
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:13
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It would seem that in spite of the major improvements that Windows 7 made over the disaster that was Vista, the upgrades are still not happening.Yes, we remove whatever Operating System the hardware supplier gives us and install Windows XP - an eight-year-old Operating System.
We are staying on Windows XP (and Office 2003) for a couple of very good reasons.
Firstly, it works - it does everything we need it to do; in fact it probably does far more than any of us will need of it.
Secondly, we all know it. XP has been the corporate standard in most organisations for at least six, in many cases over eight years. Assuming a standard 3-year renewal cycle, the staff in most companies have had two or three successive machines running WinXP. They know its foibles and idiosyncrasies and it is simply a tool to get their work done.
In essence, it is good enough for the job.
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