Microsoft: Windows 8 Sales 'on Par' with Win 7 after 3 Months

[ojas]

http://gs.statcounter.com/press/windows-8-slower-out-of-the-traps-than-predecessor-windows-7

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]apache_lives[/nom]I own a Windows 8 tablet, i sell heaps of Windows 8 units (desktops laptops tablets)Beautiful operating system[/citation]

[citation][nom]apache_lives[/nom]i use it at work and at home, i own a 8 tableti sell heaps of em[/citation]

Why does this deserve a vote down?

This forum is full of mindless idiots THG has gone to sh*it this place is f***d

 

[Matsushima]

I am still running XP SP3...

Yep davewolfgang...I would have to agree. I work in IT and have my hands on anywhere from 5 to 50 pc's a day and the idea what windows 8 has matched windows 7 is just insanity....downvoted for my statement...Laugh. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

60 m licenses sold are in the pipeline of unsold pcs,

I think the high sales are due to the $40 upgrade price tag. Tons of people didn't want to miss this and brought in their computers with their credit card info for us to do the upgrade for them. My boss even ran around to several of our workstations and demo machines, upgrading them for the $40 fee.

I would have to agree. Windows 8 is purchased by OEMs like Acer and Dell and put in pcs, nice cheap desktops that would have been bought if they had Windows 7 installed. Sadly most of these desktops do not come with a touchscreen monitor so the matter is worse. I hate to see them end up in the dump 8 years later with the label still stuck on... Also, let's face it. Most people who upgrade are computer illiterates or people who are trying out Windows and then throw away their $15 or $40 and downgrade back to Windows 7. Waste of money and time and you are giving Microsoft and computer illiterates the illusion that Windows 8 is a success.

 

[Matsushima]

[citation][nom]apache_lives[/nom]Why does this deserve a vote down?This forum is full of mindless idiots THG has gone to sh*it this place is f***d[/citation]
Because we at Tom's are people that BUILD desktop PCs and do some SERIOUS WORK and SERIOUS PRODUCTIVITY which require actual computers that can handle serious tasks(movie encoding, AutoCAD) and office tasks (Word, Excel) with an actual KEYBOARD and MOUSE.

 

[Matsushima]

I really should stop feeding the trolls, but people have different opinions.