Neurotic Nomad

Not Everyone Likes Windows 7

As a Mac user, I like a good Microsoft bashing... but this was complete crap.

Switching to a new OS is a bear, but it's often worth the hassle. I've gone from Commodore 64 -> Atari 400 -> Apple IIe -> DOS 5.0 -> DOS 6.22 -> Windows 3.x -> Win95/98/98B -> Win2000 -> WinXP -> Panther -> Tiger -> Leopard

I just bought a new Mac mini and will be -> Snow Leopard by tomorrow.

You don't like that Windows 7 looks different? Too bad. interfaces evolve. You can't get better if you don't change.

OK, it crashed during setup. BFD. Windows 7 can only be installed as a nuke-and-pave, so I know you didn't lose any settings when it froze. Wipe the drive and start over.

I thought Mac users were whiny. OK, they are, but apparently they don't have an exclusive contract on it.

Will Windows 7 Catalyze the PC Upgrade Cycle?

The days of spiked sales at OS launches are over. Once upon a time, most computer owners were also computer hobbyists (or worked in IT). In other words, nearly 100% of the market were of the upgrade-your-OS type.

While the total number of these people is as high (or higher) than it ever has been, they now only make up a small percentage of the total market. The computer has gone mainstream. Geeks once ruled the market, but the maturity of the industry outgrew them.

I expect that the VAST majority of Windows 7 license sales will go to people and businesses that build computers for other people to use and not to end users installing it on their own machine for their own use.

With a King's Ransom in Cash, Why Still No Buying Spree in the Tech Space?

Do you live in a vacuum? Have you read a newspaper in the last year? Do you really believe a "spree" of any kind is anything less than ill advised?

The answer to the question in your title is self evident.