Intel Executive Expects Faster Adoption of Windows 7

Will Windows 7 succeed where Vista did not? An Intel executive thinks so. Sean Maloney, chief sales and marketing officer for the chipmaker, said Wednesday that the upcoming Microsoft operating system will find a greater reception among consumers and business users than its predecessor. Speaking at the Intel Technology Summit in San Francisco, Maloney said “this time” the adoption of the new OS will “go faster.” No Vista Deployment for Intel Intel, whose success has in part been driven by the success of the Windows platform, might be expected to cheerlead the new OS. But the giant chipmaker was one of many businesses that did not move en masse to Vista from XP. According to an article last month in The New York Times, Intel decided against installing Vista on the computers of its 80,000 employees because of an internal analysis of the costs versus potential benefits of upgrading. The Times article quoted an unnamed person “who has been briefed on the situation.” The source told the newspaper that “Intel information-technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.” Reportedly, Intel has used Vista in certain departments, but not company-wide. Laura DiDio, an analyst with Information Technology Intelligence Corp., agreed that Windows 7 “is poised to do well.” She said the “early word” she has received from beta testers “seems to be ‘This is what Vista should have been.’” DiDio said Microsoft has clearly indicated to her that it understands the problems Vista had, including backward compatibility with various applications and peripherals, and it has been working to make sure Windows 7 addresses compatibility and other issues. “They know,” she said, “that this time they have to get this right.” First or Second Choice? The new and booming category of netbooks also was on Maloney’s mind as the company’s Atom processor is at the heart of most…

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Intel Executive Expects Faster Adoption of Windows 7