Re: Nope, no way, no how.
Yeah, and this whole scene could look quite a bit different a few years down the road. Chrome, already growing rapidly in consumer/edu, is going to be in hyper growth mode now that they have the Android apps. It is just a much better deal for the corporates. More secure, easier to manage with more control for IT, now the largest app portfolio, basically all the benefits of VDI, actively managed by Google (as opposed to passively managed Windows), younger employees prefer it anyway... and, critically, zero dollars per license instead of whatever MSFT is charging you. Chrome OS actually has a *stronger* value prop for the corporates than the consumers. Consumers are not as concerned about security, manageability, and the cost is kind of baked in the PC cake (unlike corporates with an EA for many seats of $199 Windows Pro plus SA).... I would stick with 7 and see what this looks like a few years, probably quite a bit different.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
