Windows 7 upgrades must be both hard and soft.

Last week, Microsoft officially released Windows 7, the operating system known as "the most important in ten years." As one of the industry leaders, Microsoft's appeal is naturally huge. The release of Windows7 has been supported by many PC manufacturers. Giants such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo, and Acer all claim to be fully pre-installed with Windows 7 in their new PC. And provide software upgrade services for the PCs that have already been sold to meet the requirements, which shows that the cooperation is great.

Why do software vendors push new products, and hardware vendors seem so enthusiastic? Although there are huge factors influencing Microsoft's industry, it is more important that it is driven by market demand. As we all know, since the PC hardware has completed the dual-core popularity of the processor, the growth rate of market sales has begun to slow down significantly. One of the big reasons for this is that the software application upgrade speed is far behind the hardware. Once people's application requirements are met on the existing hardware platform, few people will have the motivation to upgrade their hardware configuration. , except for a few enthusiasts). As a result, we are seeing more and more hardware manufacturers begin to strengthen cooperation with software and service providers. Game makers are their first choice. Acer recently launched a customized notebook product with the perfect online and domestic online game makers. Other international companies have a lot of similar cooperation. However, it should be pointed out that gamers are always a minority in the PC user community. It is obviously not enough to stimulate the hardware configuration upgrade of the market by the application requirements of the game software alone.

Compared with the game, the basic operating system of Windows is obviously much more important for most users, so the hardware upgrade market brought by the Windows software upgrade is undoubtedly more attractive, this is Many PC manufacturers are vying for the root cause of Windows 7.

So, is the promotion prospect of Windows7 as optimistic as Microsoft and PC vendors imagine? My opinion is: the future is bright and the road is bumpy. From the situation of I tried Windows 7 in advance, compared with the very unsuccessful Vista of the previous generation, the improvement of Windows7 is obvious, the more beautiful user interface, the faster booting speed, and the better software compatibility make Windows7 The attraction is greatly increased. The retail price set by Microsoft on Windows 7 in the Chinese market is also reasonable. The minimum version is only 399 yuan, which has reached the psychological expectations of many people. Of course, compared with the purchase of Windows7 software alone, it seems more cost-effective to directly purchase a new computer pre-installed with Windows7. Anyway, a friend of mine has strongly advocated this kind of purchase plan--"You can use a new computer and use genuine. With the arrival of the high-definition era, the computer hardware is really a bit overwhelmed, just like Windows7, simply upgrade the software and hardware together!

But the difficulty still exists, the most important resistance comes from This mountain of WindowsXP. Because XP is too "perfect", it still has no "retirement" meaning for years of service. Now that Windows 7 is coming, the situation is also there. At least there is no software that can't run on XP. Therefore, the market dominance of Windows7 cannot be achieved overnight. Even if PC manufacturers strongly support it, it is only limited to newly listed computers. As for the old users, if they want to change Windows7, they have to make a fuss about the application software outside the operating system. After all, if Windows 7 is to completely replace XP and Vista, the time will not be short, and more third-party application software upgrades are needed to support it.