In 2012 there were more Android devices sold than Windows devices. By the end of 2013, it is probable that there will be more iOS devices sold than Windows devices too. If so, by the end of this year, Windows will be only third in terms of OS sales.
It’s death by a thousand cuts.
The discounts for PC makers has become necessary because Windows 8-based products aren’t selling very well.
Not selling well on PCs, phones, nor tablets. Other than that, windows 8 is a hit.
Maybe you should temper your storage expectations a bit, as the base model actually only allots 23GB of that space for use. The larger 128GB version offers a bit more space at 83GB, but is still losing a massive 45GB of space to the full Windows 8 operating system and various included applications.
Really?
The numbers seem to back this up, as sales of Windows 8 are off 13% compared to 2011 Windows 7 sales, according to research firm NPD.
In the post PC era, it doesn’t matter what platform you use, it’s all Internet. Android, iOS, etc. Windows is not requisite anymore.
I think it’s relevant too that Apple has, to date, not tried to merge its iOS and OS X products into a single product line. Instead, Apple has evolved its Mac-based OS X to include features from iOS that make sense on that desktop/laptop-based system. It has described this work, which began in 2011, as a virtuous cycle, because iOS was originally based on OS X, but now iOS is influencing OS X too.
That was my main issue when I used Windows 8, it might work on a tablet, but on a desktop? Mobile and desktop are two different things, that’s what Apple has done. Apple has been careful to only use what makes sense from both. Would it be cool to use touch on OSX, yeah, maybe, it depends on the application. The mistake here is trying to shoehorn touch on a desktop environment and desktop apps on a touch device. Something’s not right.
“We have no plans to build out Windows apps,” Clay Bavor told V3.co.uk. “We are very careful about where we invest and will go where the users are but they are not on Windows Phone or Windows 8.”
Ouch!!!
SlashGear:
Merle McIntosh, Senior Vice President of Product Management of Newegg North America, says that the retailer was “prepared for some pretty big upside on the software side of the equation, and the hardware side of the equation, and it is has been steadily improving.” However, McIntosh noted that sales of the new OS “did not explode…coming out of the gate.”
Merle McIntosh, oh the irony.
Huffington Post:
Company veteran Julie Larson-Green has been promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering, Microsoft said. Tami Reller will take over responsibility for the Windows business while retaining her posts as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer.
The company did not say why Sinofsky is leaving.
Steven Sinofsky Leaves Post As President Of Windows At Microsoft
Ars Technica:
Windows 8 is here, and while it’s not universally beloved, it does appear to be bringing a lot of cash into Microsoft’s coffers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today at the company’s BUILD conference that Microsoft has sold 4 million Windows 8 upgrades to consumers since the operating system went on sale Friday.
