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"...With VDI... client-side hardware and software -- notably, Windows -- become relatively unimportant."
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Info-Tech survey: 54% said that application compatibility and testing is a major concern
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London-based IT research firm Info-Tech survey of 231 businesses worldwide: 79 per cent of the respondents intend to switch to Windows 7 by 2012. About 54 per cent of the respondents cited application compatibility and testing as a major concern.
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Migration to Windows 7 May Cause Sticker Shock
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Stuart J. Johnston comments and analyzes the recent Gartner report
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Gartner estimates the migration cost per PC: $1,205 and $1,999
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“Prepare for Your Windows 7 Migration Crunch" by Gartner's Managing VP Charles Smulders
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Dell experts: 35 percent apps needing remediation or repackaging, when 15 percent not working at all under Window 7
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Ed Tittel, author of 140 computer books and many thousands of articles: "Zinstall offers remarkable XP to Windows 7 migration capabilities."
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CBS Senior Editor Mark Kaelin reviews Zinstall XP7 for TechRepublic
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CBS Interactive Senior Editor Mark Kaelin shares his XP to Windows7 migration experience in this profound analytical review: "Move your entire Windows XP installation into Windows 7 with Zinstall XP7"
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15.4 percent of XP users planned to upgrade to Windows 7 immediately after second service pack.
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A PC Advisor poll has found that just under one in six (15.4 percent) of Windows XP users planned to upgrade to Windows 7 immediately after Microsoft pulled support for XP's second service pack.
On 13 July Microsoft ended active support for Windows XP SP2, leaving users with the option of soldiering on without potentially vital patches and updates, upgrading to SP3, or switching to another operating system...
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"Even now in mid-2010, about 99% of the folks in the audience raise their hands for Windows XP"
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How many people here work at companies where Windows XP is the standard desktop platform?" Even now in mid-2010, about 99% of the folks in the audience raise their hands for Windows XP.
Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 is a big deal. There's no direct upgrade path, which means that even if you're planning on using your existing hardware for Windows 7 you're still going to have to wipe-and-install.Brian Madden
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Windows 7 XP Mode loses hardware requirement
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Microsoft recognized that the vast majority of its customer-base still relies on the legacy Windows XP operating system, and wanted to give those customers incentive to upgrade to Windows 7 by providing a means of maintaining backward compatibility.
Unfortunately, there were two significant catches to taking advantage of XP Mode. The first catch was that the computer hardware that Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode were installed on must support hardware-assisted virtualization. The hardware virtualization requirement led to confusion and backlash from frustrated users hoping to take advantage of XP Mode.
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