Windows 7 Saves 43 Hours, or $1,400 Per PC
A good case for business to jump to the newest Windows.
We know from personal experience that Windows 7 is a faster, smoother, smarter and more capable operating system than it predecessors. But now businesses are finding that there may be a worthwhile investment in stepping up to a more modern operating system.
Microsoft blogged about findings published in an IDC whitepaper (sponsored by Microsoft, mind you) that showed that for businesses that use Windows 7, each user saves an average of about 43 hours, or $1,400 total benefit per PC, annually.
Furthermore, researchers at IDC found the payback to companies started just after seven months and a return on investment of 375 percent.
While such lovely and optimistic numbers were well accepted by Microsoft, the main savings thanks to Windows 7 are due to features that we've experienced as well in our enthusiast purposes. Such features include faster reboots, shorter start-up times and other under-the-hood performance upgrades. IT managers also cited fewer software failures as another time and money-saving feature.
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Got to say I'm not surprised. I didn't think i needed more than XP but after installing the RC version of W7 i have never looked back. Even installing a simple game seems overly troublesome now under XP compared to W7.
Even before it was released, Windows 7 was the clear choice of OS.
whilst i do like 7, and use it at home, i cannot see me saving a full hour every week at work by going from xp to 7. afterall xp isnt exactly slow.
I run Windows 98 on a Pentium 3 1 ghz and it's faster than any xp /vista or win7 machine...
for programs that are made for win 98 /2000 / xp
It's all depends on what you do with it
I run Windows 98 on a Pentium 3 1 ghz and it's faster than any xp /vista or win7 machine...for programs that are made for win 98 /2000 / xpIt's all depends on what you do with it
true i guess for 16bit software, that said i would feel safer running win98 in a VM inside win7
I hate the issue in windows explorer that wont let you open a large number of files at once. I thought modern computers were capable of this!
Also you cant open two different office documents, for example a spreadsheet and word doc, at the same time either.
This wastes so much time in my job that its slower on WIn 7!
So if a guy runs a thousand PCs, he's basically a millionaire
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