Isn't that going to be bias, seeing as the survey was done on a consumer helpdesk site? Most people at that site will be seeking help... those who have no problems wont.
Ah I see now. But still, that's 31,000 people... now get the total number of people who have Windows 7! Millions upon millions... so 31,000 would be a small number of people complaining. No to mention those who are complaining about upgrading may be computer illiterate, so when they formatted their HDD they had no idea what was going on.
You would fail a statistics class. That's 31,000/100,000 of that company's customers alone. The story is about what people are complaining about, not necessarily the number of complaints though part of the story is about that, too.
The number 1 issue I have is the fact that you can't rearrange the items inside a directory any way you want. What Microsoft was smoking when they thought it was a good idea to get rid of this very basic feature - I don't know but it must have been some crazy stuff - probably diluted with PCP. The Other bad thing is the lack of vertical scroll. The directory items are listed only horizontally not vertically.
I will admit, I'm not maths expert nor am I too good at maths... My point is that the amount of complaints are small compared to those who use Windows 7. I know that out of that company's 100,000 customers there are 31,000 complaining - which I will agree is quite a lot, and out of 200,000 there will be more, however when you look at the overall picture of everybody who uses 7, it wouldn't turn out to be a huge amount. My other point was also that these are probably trivial complaints... I agree that my first post is wrong - I didn't read it properly. Judging from your signature you are anti-microsoft... I'm not sticking up for them... anyway, this is about the issues as you stated... as for the freezing on installation, I never got that, neither have most people I know... guess we're the lucky 91% - yippee I can do maths.
Then why cant you configure a wireless network from the sysbar next to the time? The wireless adapter finds the wireless router, but if its a secure connection - you can not configure the connection without going into the network options. And then, after you setup a new wireless connection, you have to go back and configure the security settings. Lets just say that connecting to a wireless router is not as easy as it should be. Typical micrsoft makes everything more complicated and bloated then it needs to be. Connecting to a wireless network should be a 2 click solution - connect to network - provide security information. But for some reason its not that easy.
It's not Microsoft's fault for people being computer illiterate and messing the installation up. If they can't do it on their own, then either hire someone or get someone to do it for them. Windows 7 is amazing, and if people can work XP, then people can work 7.
I am anti-bad software and those links are anti-IE, the worst browser on the planet, but that's irrelevant to this thread.
The only sort of problem I have is some older programs do not work that worked with xp which is expected. They are getting old and at some point one would expect to have to upgrade programs to newer releases. Others seem to work no problem. I even have a super old printer that I didn't think would work, but the online update found a driver and got it working. Kind of the luck of the draw I guess. I haven't used it long enough to try out every possible scenario, and I don't know that is possible. I'm sure I will come across a few other glitches, but overall I am pleased. I just don't want to spend hundreds maybe even thousands of dollars for new software. I'll make due with what I have for now.
They did! That's why that service exists at all! But if Windows 7 is supposed to be easy for the average person to install and set up, why should they have to do all that? Isn't that what Windows users complain about Linux? So if people need that much help, and have to pay someone to get it running for them, why not just get LInux which is free?
This thread will be and can be a never ending debate.... I am honestly, anti-microsoft.... BUT... I have to admit that I do like windows 7 a lot... Sure it has issues and as in all windows versions, there will be Service Packs that will address some and or create more issues, ( just kidding ), but for the noob... MS will never have an out-of-the-box click and run solution. Not one piece of software ever written has been released without at least a few issues... With so many possibilities of hardware configurations, peripherals, etc... I would it fishy if everything worked 100%, 100% of the time, with 100% of the configurations there are.
if you have problems with windows 7, most probably your hardware does not have windows 7 drivers, most probably you dont know much about windows xp, most probably you dont know how to install it, most probably you just use msoffice and some games, most probably you dont know which folder you save your file, most probably you dont know what regedit is. So why upgrade to windows 7? If the above probabilities is you, windows 7 is not for you. Stick with your windows XP to avoid scratching your head.