Corporate users are more likely to move to Windows 7 on a piecemeal basis as they replace PCs rather than looking for big budget outlays to cover mass migration, says analyst Michael Cherry.

Cherry, the vice president of research for Windows at independent research firm Directions on Microsoft, says barring the current economic climate users would be casting an eye at Microsoft's new operating system, available this fall after many bypassed Vista.

"If all things were equal there would be pent up demand," he said. "But I think organizations need to evaluate this and at the end of the day part of that evaluation will have to be stack ranking Windows 7 against other IT needs they have and deciding what is the best way to do this."

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