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The thread discusses skepticism toward a Windows 7 poll article, with the original poster criticizing its accuracy and methodology, emphasizing that their own testing involved multiple machines and challenging the assumptions behind the reported data. They argue that media articles about OS adoption are often misleading, especially regarding installation statistics. A subsequent comment agrees with skepticism toward such articles, expressing a general distrust in this type of reporting. Overall, the sentiment is one of doubt and criticism toward the validity of the poll and similar reports.

jimbo45

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Hi all
I was reading the article on the RSS feed - W7 slipping in the Polls.

What a load of TOTAL non factual utter piece of Bovine Scatology.
For a start the number of downloads is NOTHING like the number of computers W7 is installed on -- I must be testing this on around 20 - 30 machines from a single ISO image -- I wasn't "Polled".

Another point -- do these guys who call themseleves "technical journalists" actually have any idea how even a small office works. You can't just go round willy nilly installing new OS'es on every desktop in site (or even ANY unless you have a special test machine / machine(s) available and are in something like IT infrastructure support - or whatever some American management "Newspeak" calls it today.

So OF COURSE it's going to be installed on Home computers first probably in the ratio of 99% : 1% - You don't need a PhD in Maths or Statistics to work that one out.

Don't believe ANYTHING from those type of articles -- the best thing that can happen to those journalists is for them to join the ever lengthening "Unemployment Lines" and normally I don't like to see ANYBODY (apart from some greedy bankers and Politicians) losing their jobs - especially these days.

So my vote for that article (and the magazine in general is (image attached).


Cheers
jimbo