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Originally Posted by J Diddy
Not to take this off topic but what does "My work is switching from XP to 7 finally" mean? What type of company do you work for? What features in Windows 7 do you and your coworkers need at work (other than 64bit to handle more RAM)?
The reason I ask is that we are still a ways away from going to Windows 7 due to software compatibility and I often get asked by users "When are we going to Windows 7" or comments like "I can't believe we are the only company still on Windows XP". Yet when I ask them why they need Windows 7 they have zero answers for me. Half the time they think Windows 7 is Office 2010. There is no way I am rushing a Windows 7 upgrade and using Windows XP compatibility mode just so everyone can have Aero and the ability to snap Windows to the sides of their screen. If everyone used more than just the icons on their desktop then I would be pushing along our upgrade much faster.
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much better security and stability, that should be enough of a reason right there. we deal with cleaning infected XP machines all the time even with anti-virus installed. on our Windows 7 machines though we haven't had a single issue that i've seen at least. they also handle Windows Updates in a much cleaner and user friendly way which is another big plus. and having your work PC environment look and feel the same as someone's home PC environment is another plus for productivity
XP is 10 years old now, in computer terms that's ancient. far too many software makers have been dragging their heels in updating their packages for Windows 7, which as an IT guy is really annoying to deal with