Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Mar 2007 22:15 UTC
More than 20 million copies of Windows Vista were sold globally in February 2007, the first month of sales since its widespread consumer release. That is significantly more than the 17 million copies of Windows XP that were sold in the first two months following its release in October 2001, Kevin Kutz, a director in Microsoft's Windows client group, told eWeek in an interview on March 26.
Thread beginning with comment 224901
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
2005-07-08
Windows is the only brand of OS you can get preloaded on a PC without explicitly searching for niche vendors that offer something different. At the risk of violating rule #1 of web forums, let's try an analogy: Imagine if every car dealership in America sold only Ford cars, but you could order a Toyota and have it freighted over from Japan if you really wanted, or you could custom-order a BMW from Germany for more money. The vast majority of Americans would end up driving Fords, a certain socioeconomic group would appreciate the BMW, and a small niche would endure the minor hassles to get the Toyota because it's more efficient and reliable (but not any cheaper because of the import tariffs). That's pretty much the OS situation for consumers.
Vista might not be forced (instead of XP) at all OEMs, but it is at some of them. But nobody in the unwashed masses will choose XP when Vista is available. Why would they choose an out-dated "computer" over a newer, cooler one? These people don't know DRM from ATM.