IT News and Trends: Blog Edition
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| | | | | | | | | | | Is a Windows 7 migration inevitable for XP users?
| Anne McCrory, Editorial Director
So Windows 7 is out in beta. My colleague Mark Schlack took it for a test drive and wasn't impressed. Yet at some point, if you're still a Windows XP user, you're probably going to have to plan a Windows 7 migration, unless you decide to start now and go for Vista (Win7 won't be out before the end of the year, at the soonest). Windows XP support starts to wane in April, and by 2014 it ends entirely. Gartner recommends you make your switch by 2012. Now some XP users told our reporter Christina Torode that they're sitting tight (see Windows XP users weigh dwindling support vs. Windows 7 migration). Some expect Microsoft will extend those Windows XP support deadlines due to customer pressure. I've certainly met many more midmarket CIOs who remain with XP than those who have gone through a Vista migration. Very few see anything worth migrating for.
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