Windows 7 Off to a Stronger Start than Vista
Windows 7 Off to a Stronger Start than Vista
Posted 02/24/2010 at 6:33am
| by Paul Lilly
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As it turns out, not only is Windows 7 a much better operating system than Windows Visa, it's also being much better received by early adopters than its predecessor was.
Web metrics firm NetApplications says Windows 7 accounts for 9 percent of all OSes in use online in February. That's twice as much as Vista claimed five months after it launched, which only saw a 4.5 percent share.
"Looking at the trends, the [Windows 7] growth rate seems to be strong and consistent with no visible decline," said Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president with NetApplications.
There's also been a difference in Windows 7's weekend and weekday scores, which Vizzaccaro says is indicative of "personal usage growing faster than corporate usage, which fits expectations."
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seyecon
March 05, 2010 at 7:44pm
7 is just Vista finished. Vista was and IS a good OS that got off to a bad start. I got on board with Vista later than many and liked it from day one MUCH
better than I ever liked XP. The slow boot and slow reading of other
physical drives were my only complaints in the beginning and they
eventually fixed the latter.I made the switch to 7 and I love it and think it's Microsoft's best offering to date buts it's just a faster slightly fancier Vista. I would be more impressed if they had skipped Vista and went straight to 7.
I'm sure a lot of people disagree with me but I never liked XP I just put up with it.
Psychic51
February 24, 2010 at 7:42am
I look at the relationship between Vista and Windows 7 the same way as I look at Windows 2000 and XP.
Windows 2000 was the BETA and XP was the finished product.
Windows 2000 was the break from the Win 9x technology into the new architecture that eventually became the well loved and still widely used Windows XP. Sure 2000 was a full fledged release BUT no one liked it and it quickly faded into obscurity once XP came out.
Sound familiar Vista?
compro01
February 24, 2010 at 12:03pm
I have a distinct feeling you're getting ME and 2K slightly mixed up. I don't know anyone who hated 2K, but it was never used much in consumer circles.
XP is 2K for the masses with a prettier interface and other niceties.
Mark17
February 24, 2010 at 10:15am
Yes, Windows 7 is basically like Vista Service Pack 3. Microsoft didn't really need to release another OS, the reason for Windows 7 was purely marketing.
Caboose
February 24, 2010 at 11:07am
You're confusing Microsoft and Apple I think. Apple releases service packs as entire OS'. Microsoft releases service packs as... service packs...
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Tekzel
February 24, 2010 at 10:32am
I couldn't disagree more.
When have they ever overhauled the UI, in a VERY effective manner, or added major new features (Homegroups, Libraries, just to start) in a service pack? Ohh yea, never.
Yes, they do overhaul features, like the wireless stuff in, I believe it was WinXP SP2. That doesn't count.
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