Microsoft Windows 7, being introduced today in New York, appears to be the operating system that businesses have been waiting for. Some 76 percent of those surveyed plan to deploy the new OS, with 30 percent deploying before mid-2010.
The study, conducted by Information Technology Intelligence Corp. and Sunbelt Software, suggests an adoption rate not matched since the introduction of Windows 2000, the acceptance of which was driven by Y2K fears. (Read more survey results here).
The survey results, released this week, also found that 78 percent of those who tested a beta copy of Windows 7 had a good or excellent experience with it. This strongly suggests that Microsoft has finally found the "sweet spot" that Windows Vista so widely missed.
(Here is a summary of early Windows 7 reviews that we have compiled. This video demonstrates how to install the new OS).
These results are wonderful news for Microsoft, whose "less-is-more" response to the Windows Vista mess appears to have impressed business customers. Today's formal introduction, however, is a bit of an anticlimax as everyone, besides home users, who wanted to see Windows 7 have had their chance already.
The Windows 7 open beta process seems to have generated good buzz for the new operating system and perhaps a little boredom at this point. There does not seem to be too much left for Microsoft to say about the new OS, though Steve Ballmer's announcement remarks may still contain a surprise or two.
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