Windows 7 to XP Users: Go to Hell
From Mosberg’s very positive review of Windows 7:
Unfortunately, XP owners, the biggest body of Windows users, won’t be able to do that. They’ll have to wipe out their hard disks after backing up their files elsewhere, then install Windows 7, then restore their personal files, then re-install all their programs from the original CDs or downloaded installer files. Then, they have to install all the patches and upgrades to those programs from over the years.
I’m with Kevin Drum here. No matter how good Windows 7 is, I can’t imagine most civilians are going to be willing to go through the pain of wiping their hard drives and then painstakingly restoring everything. Many won’t have the first idea how to do this, for one thing, and for another our hard drives have become as cluttered and irrational as our lives. There are nooks and crannies there, forgotten attics, dark cubbyholes that you’re inevitably going to forget about when it comes time to do the Big Nuke.
I could be wrong, but It feels like Microsoft has essentially jettisoned the lion’s share of their upgrade market.
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