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Monday, August 17, 2009

Windows XP Users: We Still Love XP and Loathe Vista, But Windows 7 Looks Impressive

By Harry McCracken, Aug 17, 2009

In a strictly logical sense, Windows 7 is an upgrade to the version of Windows that preceded it--which is, of course, Windows Vista.As a practical matter, however, most of the people who may buy Windows 7 as an upgrade or on a new PC are still using Windows XP. This means that the biggest question about the latest version of Microsoft's OS is not whether it's an advance on Windows Vista but whether millions of XP users who opted out of the Vista upgrade will make the move to Windows 7. Who better to ask than a whole bunch of Windows XP users? As part of the research for PC World's upcoming Windows 7 coverage, we conducted a survey of nearly 5,000 people who use XP as their primary OS, including readers of both PCWorld.com and my site, Technologizer. We asked them what they thought of Windows 7 (and whether they'd had a chance to try it). Ditto for Windows Vista. And we asked about their upgrade plans and general willingness to see Windows XP vanish from the scene.

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