Can Windows 7 Save the PC World?

After two years of global downturn, the economy is slowly climbing back to stability. However, with the global launch of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7, the PC and chip segments are likely to gain some ground with better sales and increased revenues via new products based on the operating system. After the severe failure with Windows Vista, many customers had downgraded their PCs back to the Microsoft’s eight year old operating system, Windows XP. Windows Vista was launched in 2006, but was pounded by users due to its slow boot times, device driver incompatibilities and other problems.

Since June, various computer vendors have been offering free Windows 7 upgrades to all its customers who bought computers pre-installed with Windows Vista, but some customers have decided to wait. However, with the new operating system, the software giant has remained successful in creating positive vibes and enterprises have shown lot of interest in the next operating system. High hopes from Windows 7.

It is also assumed the people around the world are waiting at the next version to launch in the market so that they can have the new operating system in hand without doing any up gradation effort. The success and hype of Windows 7 can be reached through the statement from Amazon, which says that Windows 7 has overtaken Harry Potter novels and the Nintendo Wii to become the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time in the UK. Farther, the new operating system could play an encouraging role in driving professional PC purchases. Hence, the demand for new PCs and IT infrastructure up gradation would certainly boost the PC industry.

David Daoud, research manager of IDC said that there will be potential rise in the sale of any new launch, after that it returns to normal mode, which tends to be on the corporate side. IDC recently reported that in Q3 the global PC shipments grew by 2.3 percent year-over year to 78.1 million units after three consecutive quarters of flat sales. The firm expects PC shipment growth of about 9 percent in 2010. The growth in PC shipments will have change on the semiconductor industry. Analysts also suggest change of Windows 7 launch on PC market will be felt by 2010, once upgrades and other inventory requirements are revealed more clearly.

The new operating system launched was a major upgrade and may force many to upgrade their existing hardware. Earlier, Gartner had suggested various enterprises to wait until Windows 7 SP1 before going for any up gradation plans. Nevertheless recently, the research firm said that despite enterprise compassion for the dependable Windows XP, the new operating system will see significant business adoption in 2010 due to both age and the timing of PC hardware upgrade cycles for Windows XP.

According to various analysts, there is a huge tail of XP in the market and Windows 7 is the great opportunity for all those people who declined to move to Vista. It is also reported that chip makers such as Intel and AMD have renovated their operations and added capacity in fabrication plants over the past two months to bear the extra demand for the new chips for Windows 7’s PCs.

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