SURVEY RESULTS: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012

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Key Findings

  • Thirty-two percent use Windows Server 2012, and 24 percent use Windows Server 2008, which is an 8 percent decrease in the use of Windows Server 2008 over prior year results.
  • Sixty percent are using Windows 7 (64-bit) as their primary desktop operating system, 17 percent are using Windows 8 and 12 percent are using Windows 10, which is used most commonly among solo practitioners (27 percent).

By Randolph P. Johnston, Leslie Garrett and Brian F. Tankersley
The Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey

Choosing an operating system for your firm’s computers has a number of implications; it is not as obvious as one might think.

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There are issues surrounding your choice of an operating system that may be surprising to those who have not been following the IT trade press, including the following: