Windows 7 could help PC, chip sectors rebound

22.10.2009

Nevertheless, some analysts cautioned that the economic recovery is just starting, and enterprises don't have the budget to upgrade PCs overnight.

"The corporations will adopt Windows 7 gradually," perhaps over two to five years, said Yun Kim, a senior research analyst with financial firm Broadpoint Amtech. "That's kind of what we saw with XP."

(Marc Ferranti in New York contributed to this story.)