Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 27th Apr 2007 07:14 UTC
"Microsoft Corp. posted a 65 percent rise in quarterly profit Thursday, topping Wall Street estimates thanks to better than expected demand for its new Windows Vista operating system." More here.
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2006-01-28
They sold that many new computer WITH Vista pre-installed AND/OR sold upgrades to that many people?!
From what I've seen around the net, most people who have Vista are MS dependent in some fashion-- I'd normally call them fanboys, but I don't think that MS really has any fans. Beyond those people, I've only seen comments from a few people that have in the past appeared to have no great ties to any OS, and those people have mainly said if you're a gamer stay FAR FAR FAR away from Vista as current drivers are half-baked at best, and Vista is an incredible resource pig on top of that.
Now, if we add in the fact that Dell is resurrecting XP sales, discount pricing elsewhere in the world(I've just love subsidising third world markets), and most large businesses are still sitting on the sidelines(expected, as it's better to let other be the guinea pigs) I can't help but wonder where these mythical sales came from.
(Most articles outright claim or strongly imply that most of the reported revenue came from Vista sales, apparently followed by Office sales...)