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XP Users Are Willing To Give Windows 7 a Chance

Posted by kdawson on from the light-at-the-end-of-the-long-tunnel-that-is-vista dept.

Harry writes "PC World and Technologizer conducted a survey of 5,000 people who use Windows XP as their primary operating system. Many have no plans to leave it, and 80% will be unhappy when Microsoft completely discontinues it. And attitudes towards Vista remain extremely negative. But a majority of those who know something about Windows 7 have a positive reaction. More important, 70 percent of respondents who have used Windows 7 say they like it, which is a sign that Windows 7 stands a chance of being what Vista never was: an upgrade good enough to convince most XP users to switch."

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  1. secure! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this time, unlike Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, Windows 7 really will be secure. Really!

  2. Re:I'm committed to Windows 7. by popeyethesailor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet your VCR has 12:00:00 on it too :P

  3. Re:Try Windows 7? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ^ This is the typical slashdotter.

    Sitting around seething in hatred towards Microsoft, clinging to Windows until the Year Of The Linux Desktop finally arrives.