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Windows 7 will become the leading operating system used in PCs worldwide by the end of 2011, running on 42% of all computers. According to research firm Gartner, 94% of new PCs will be shipped with Windows 7 in 2011.
Gartner research director Annette Jump said:
“Steady improvements in IT budgets in 2010 and 2011 are helping to accelerate the deployment of Windows 7 in enterprise markets in the US and Asia/Pacific, where Windows 7 migrations started in large volume from 4Q10. By the end of 2011, nearly 635 million new PCs worldwide are expected to be shipped with Windows 7. Many enterprises have been planning their deployment of Windows 7 for the last 12 to 18 months, and are now moving rapidly to Windows 7.”
Previously, Gartner has warned that the Windows 7 migration will create problems for companies left behind on Windows XP, as industry support falls away.
Of all the bad news hitting Windows Phone 7 lately, today’s news about Google buying Motorola may be the worst. It gives Google what may be the world’s foremost manufacturer of Android devices, and makes it much less likely that Motorola will ever make Windows Phone 7 smartphones and tablets. Up until today, Microsoft was facing an extremely difficult task in trying to revive the fading Windows Phone 7. Today that task became much, much harder.