nsane.forums Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 A new survey of IT employees at large companies indicates that 23.8 percent of them will skip updating their PCs to Windows 8, while another 49.9 percent have no plans but may change their minds. Microsoft is clearly hoping that Windows 8 will be used, not just by consumers but by large businesses. The company has already posted up some advice for large corporations on how to proceed with Windows 8 update plans. However, many big businesses may not even bother with a Windows 8 upgrade. TechRepublic.com posted up the results of a new survey of 1,200 IT employees, asking about their company's plans to adopt Windows 8. The results show that 23.8 percent of them will flat out skip an update to Windows 8. Another 49.9 percent of the people who were survey have "no current plans" for a Windows 8 update but did admit that they could change their minds in the future. Only 10.7 percent of the IT employees in the survey claim their company will update to Windows 8 in the next 12 months. Another 4.6 percent say they will wait until the first service pack for Windows 8 is launched. Finally, 11 percent of the people who were polled have plans to launch a Windows 8 upgrade but don't currently have any specific time on when that might happen. The survey also claims that the new touch screen UI for Windows 8 was a big factor in businesses not wanting to upgrade, with 41.4 percent of the people who were polled citing it as a reason for their organization to not make the big change. Hopefully with the solid reviews the UI, and the rest of Windows 8, is getting from the media, some businesses might change their minds. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganxxta Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 :eek: That are pretty big numbers for Win 8...In Germany I know that none of the big IT companies will jump to win 8, ever.Most of them just updated to win 7, so they will update only to win9/10.The others are still using XP and are just about to update to win 7, which will take the whole next year, so those companies are also only planning to update to win 10/11.(Yes I'm working for one of those companies)Maybe small business can afford to update to win 8, but I doubt it will make those ~25% stated here who planning a win 8 update...Maybe its different in other countries, but I doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSBaltic Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 It's just beginning. The next year is still three months at a time. Let's look at the numbers it once again. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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