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Local News - Local News - October 16, 2009
Will business embrace new Windows 7?
New computer operating system might prompt XP users to skip over Vista

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Nick Estes, of TROI IT Solutions, says he's impressed with the Microsoft Windows 7 computer operating system.
Nick Estes, of TROI IT Solutions, says he's impressed with the Microsoft Windows 7 computer operating system.
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
Windows 7, the new operating system that software giant Microsoft Corp. plans to release worldwide next week, is getting much more positive reviews from business computer experts here than its predecessor, Windows Vista, which many companies never adopted.

Dylan Pegoraro, information-technology (IT) support manager at Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc., a maker of automated meter-reading technology, says the Windows 7 operating system looks promising, and Itron might start switching to...


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