Windows 7 BETA gets local thumbs up

Selwyn De Erneste trades under his own name and provides local IT support and communication services.

He told CRN that he has faced a lot of problems with the “infamous and resource hungry Vista”.

“These problems are similar to those problems faced with Windows ME,” he said.

“All of the systems I have been supplying to my clients have been installed with or downgraded to XP.”

According to De Erneste he downloaded Windows 7 last week and installed it on a laptop which he is testing.

“So far I have found windows 7 to be quicker and more stable than Vista,” he claimed.

“The operating performance has been comparable to XP, maybe even a little better.”

However he feels Microsoft has to have an upgrade option from XP.

“With the number of users who have held back from Vista, most will probably wait until there systems need to be replaced if they can’t upgrade directly from XP to Win 7,” he said.

“Windows 7 does appear to be a great OS with a vast improvement over Vista, but Microsoft needs to enable users to upgrade from earlier systems in the same way they could when XP and 2000 were released.”