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The Big Windows 7 Problem: XP Holdouts

By Shane O'neill, CIO
January 12, 2009 02:10 PM ET
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mapi - missingBy Idealist on January 12, 2009, 2:50 pmOne issue that we noticed when testing out Vista for our organization is that Microsoft Outlook versions prior to 2005 fail because mapi is gone. As many know,...

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"Move XP users forward" - not accurateBy Anonymous on January 12, 2009, 2:49 pmMillions of users running a very stable XP that they are familiar with, on hardware that supports it well, with no reason to upgrade other than that Microsoft has...

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May I suggest they get a release out the door first?By Anonymous on January 12, 2009, 2:57 pmRight now Windows 7 is still in beta. Microsoft should refrain from complaining about user reluctance to adopt a new O/S until it is in general release. As for any...

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I hate to break it to you,By Anon on January 12, 2009, 2:59 pmI hate to break it to you, but in the technology world either you move forward or die a slow and agonizing death. End users who are not intrested in learning have...

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Anon Is RightBy MarkGordon12345678 on January 12, 2009, 3:00 pmAll Microsoft is doing is providing dollars for their share holders. Please don't mistake MSFT as anything other than a business making money. If the end-user...

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People Want Free and CheapBy Anonymous on January 12, 2009, 3:00 pmUnless its a organizaion most End Users want CHEAP/FREE. Alot of what we see here in Repair are machines that are not really up to par with Running XP. Machines...

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