Microsoft’s Windows 7 could find itself in the same position as Vista has been. Newer operating system like Windows 7 is something new and exotic for many computer users who have been using XP and Vista. People are not easily to be persuaded to just go out and grab an expensive, newer Windows. Some people think that in order to get a newer operating system like Windows 7, they also need a newer computer, and so it will be super costly for them to even think about the very idea of getting Windows 7. Some people are computer literate, but they also know that if getting Windows 7 for their current computers, the feeling of not achieving the full potential that Windows 7 has to offer is just another reason that people are rather sticking to their Windows XP or Windows Vista and their older hardware.
Microsoft could persuade businesses to switch to Windows 7 and ditch Windows XP and Vista to boost up the present of Windows 7 in the operating system market. Employees at work use Windows 7 will get familiar with it, and then if they like Windows 7 enough, they may buy a copy for themselves and persuade other people that they know to go for Windows 7. One thing for sure is that Windows 7 could boost more sales in laptops and desktops. Newer laptops and desktops are equipped with Windows 7 to offer newer features that Windows 7 has. Security is never an important feature or an important element that everyday computer users are out to get, but when people are getting rid of their Windows XP and Vista for Windows 7, even if they don’t know about computer security, at least their computers will be very secured as Windows 7 is promising to be a more secure Windows than the previous Windows versions.
Vinh Nguyen
