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Which might simply mean that this is the approximate amount of non-Apple laptops (and desktops?) sold since Win8's launch, because most of them are now sold onl
by nsns 14y ago
Which might simply mean that this is the approximate amount of non-Apple laptops (and desktops?) sold since Win8's launch, because most of them are now sold only with Win8 licenses [0]. Hardly a mark of success, but of MS's (doomed?) pervasiveness.
[0] e.g., http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=0E6E3D0084869C3EB4172DA2F965A301 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...
- brudgers 14y ago"Microsoft had not released any sales figures for Windows 8 other than saying the company sold 4 million upgrade licenses of the operating system to those with previous versions of Windows during the first three days it was available." That's 10% of the total in the first three days to existing users. Including myself.
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- dkhenry 14y agoIf a month has 30 days then that's also 10% of the time period, or another way of saying it is that sales remained constant over that initial time frame.
- contextfree 14y agoYes. This, along with everything else that happens in the world anywhere ever, is clearly a sign that Microsoft is doomed.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWhat's that, Microsoft announced record profits? Uh-oh, that's a sign they've hit "peak-desktop"- the desktop market will only decline from here. Microsoft is doomed!
- whatshisface 14y agoEveryone is doomed, just at different times. :)
- contextfree 14y ago"Memento mori"! I agree, "market thermodynamics" dictate eventually they will meet their doom, and at that time the perpetual doomsters will find themselves vindicated, like a stopped clock is vindicated twice a day. :)