Microsoft has announced that its most widely used Operating System, Windows XP, will not be a valid upgrade path for upgrading to Windows7. As of June 2009, over 60% of global Deskop / Laptop PC users are using a version of Windows XP, leave alone the countless large and small businesses which are still using Windows XP.

If a Windows XP user wants to install Windows 7, he/she will either have to do a clean installation (Which means all data has to be backed up and restored along with all existing applications) or create a dual boot between Windows XP and Windows 7. Microsoft has also mentioned that some applications that used to run with Windows XP may not have native support in Windows 7. They have provided a “Windows XP Virtualization” in Windows 7 that will have to be used in such a case.
With this, Microsoft has seemingly ignored millions of users who did not upgrade to Windows Vista due to its bad reviews. I think Microsoft should provide an upgrade path in the retail release slated for October 22, 2009.
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