Bangalore: Microsoft is really excited about the release of its new platform, Windows 8-- and it has features that could very well trump Windows 7.

According to a survey conducted by Information Week, however, nearly half of respondents (48 percent) have no plans to upgrade to the new OS. Moreover, of the population with no plans to upgrade, 50 percent say they plan to stick with Windows 7 for as long as possible, while 30 percent refuse to give up Windows XP.

Windows customers seem to be plagued by the “migration fatigue”; as quoted several times by Michael Silver, an analyst from Gartner. "After all the work on Windows 7 deployment, organizations will think twice about deploying [Windows 8]…" "They're looking for a little respite.” he elaborated. Most of them have only recently jumped light-years by changing from XP to 7 (which came out in 2009)—and it is too soon to expect them to move again.
IDC analyst AL Gillen sided with him, saying "Customers will be asking, ‘what value does Windows 8 bring to my desktops and laptops?'  And the only real value I can see is it provides access to the Windows app store.”

But the new OS is packed with interesting features such as being the only OS that claims to be designed for mobile devices (phones and tablets), desktops, and laptops, and uses the picture password system (which is similar to the system used in Android phones and the Apple iOS). Windows 8, moreover, ships itself with its own Security Essentials proves as a threat to various computer-security developing agencies, and a great relief to people who were tired of buying licenses every year (especially since Security Essentials provides protection for existing Windows users). 

Other features include the look and feel of the interface (the intensive work that has gone into this one aspect is pretty obvious), and that of the boot time- systems take just 14 seconds to boot. Whether upgrading to Windows 8, will be a package worth the switch, is for the users to decide.