A PC World poll of 8000 XP users has given a kick to the nadgers of Microsoft's marketing people. The survey all said that they didn't upgrade because they are comfortable with XP, Vista lacks features that might justify an upgrade, and they're concerned about driver and compatibility issues.

But the poll also revealed a deep hatred for things Visterish. More than 62 percent said that their opinion of the OS was somewhat or very negative. Those who had never used it even hated it more with 81 percent were somewhat or very negative. The only reason the marketing Voles can take solace from the poll is because most respondents said that were keeping an open mind about Windows 7.

More than 26 percent of respondents who said they had already used Windows 7 liked it a lot. The rest said that their opinion of Win 7 was somewhat or very positive. Only 11 percent said that they hated it and wanted to stick to XP.

More than half said that they intended to move to Windows 7 immediately or eventually.

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