If Not Switching, Why?

  • 1
    45.24% (718 votes)
    Use Mac
  • 2
    30.43% (483 votes)
    Sticking With Older Windows
  • 3
    20.6% (327 votes)
    Use Linux
  • 4
    3.72% (59 votes)
    Other Reason

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  1. gypkap said on Aug 19 2009, 23:08 PM:

    My Vista laptop works fine. I'll move to Win 7 about 6 months after its release (to give the pioneers time to catch the arrows in their backs), same as i did when moving from XP to Vista.

  2. chas said on Aug 19 2009, 19:08 PM:

    Tried the release candidate. It doesn't impress me. I'll be using XP at work until the boss is unable to buy a new machine with XP installed. At home ubuntu is everything I need.

  3. Logic said on Aug 19 2009, 18:08 PM:

    I don't have a small penis, nor a midlife crisis, nor money to burn, nor an ego complex, nor time to waste, nor low self esteem, nor a desire to be trendy, nor have friends and neighbors that I must try to impress, nor a belief that Microsoft is the shepherd that I must follow, nor am I naive about the benefits to the new OS so when 64 bit Windows is necessary to run a game I really desire to play, then and only then will I consider it but Windows 8 will likely be out by then.

  4. Rick Cain said on Aug 19 2009, 18:08 PM:

    Horrible user interface, admittedly better than Vista's but the start menu is terrible. Microsoft learned nothing from Apple in the GUI design. And why the tiered product? Just sell Windows 7 Ultimate at the cheapest price you can instead of selling versions of Windows with its balls cut off for a "discount"

  5. Eric said on Aug 19 2009, 16:08 PM:

    I'm like Steve Gibson--I'll think about switching to it after it has been out a year. That policy saved me from ever having to deal with the Vista disaster.

  6. Anthony said on Aug 19 2009, 15:08 PM:

    What is Windows 7?

  7. Swat said on Aug 19 2009, 15:08 PM:

    I have thr RC version and I can't see where it offers anything I need that I don't have with XP Pro. I don't give a crap about fancy looking interfaces that move everything around so I can't find it! I don't need to learn a new "interface" every time MS launches a new operating system or Office product....when will they wake up and realize that some people don't like having to master a newly shuffled interface every couple of years.

  8. dusanmal said on Aug 19 2009, 11:08 AM:

    I was for a long time dual Win/Linux user. However, issues with Vista broke the chain (first Win version I didn't get within short time of release). I got my first Mac and now I am dual Mac/Linux user with legacy XP lingering about. I do not see that changing in quite a few years coming. Simply do not care for Win 7 or any future MS project, though from expert reviews I trust that it have solved some Vista issues in great manner.

  9. DY said on Aug 19 2009, 10:08 AM:

    NO WAY! The best practice up to now has been to wait til MS issues the SECOND Service Pack on any new OS. I also tend to agree with Bozo and shep...wait to get a new machine spec'd to enable it to support the new OS.

  10. Bozo said on Aug 19 2009, 09:08 AM:

    Of course I'll be installing Win 7, when I build my next PC. However, I won't be "upgrading" any of my existing XP based computers; not unless an application comes along that requires Win 7 to run. I don't expect that to happen before my XP hardware goes obsolete and retires.

  11. shep said on Aug 19 2009, 09:08 AM:

    Other. I'll consider switching when buying a new machine. Do you switch out your car's base software just because Toyota comes out with a new model? No, you wait until you're buying a new unit, properly spec'd so the hardware and software are well matched. The idea of "upgrading" to a whole new OS is just wrong. Installing an OS service pack or a point release is an "upgrade". Changing major OS versions is a rebuild, and if you do it right it will include some hardware changes. Right now I'm running older Windows, Mac and Linux. I will do my homework to evaluate Win 7 when I'm ready to buy.

  12. Gramps said on Aug 19 2009, 08:08 AM:

    Tried Win 7 as beta. Performance was same as Vista. Unconfigurable start menu is a pain. I'll wait to see if there are meaningful changes before I plunk the change down.