Windows 7 Satisfaction Boosts IT Spending

Posted 12/28/2009 at 5:28am | by Paul Lilly

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Microsoft hit a home run with Windows 7, and not just with home consumers. In the corporate world, companies are buying more PCs, and according to market research firm ChangeWave, it's due to the new OS, which has only been on the market for two months.

ChangeWave polled more than 1,700 U.S. corporate IT buyers, of which 93 percent said that their company is satisfied with the new OS. This is in line with previous studies the research firm has conducted.

"Previous ChangeWave surveys found companies deferring their PC purchases in anticipation of Windows," said director of research Paul Carton and researcher Adam Golub. "The latest results show the opposite now occurring."

About one in five of those surveyed said that Windows 7 has caused their firm to upgrade their PCs faster than they normally would. And while just 3 percent said the new OS caused "significant acceleration" of upgrade plans, 16 percent said Windows 7 led to either "modest acceleration" or "slight acceleration."

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