Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses, but a true reality check for the touch-enabled operating system will arrive once PC makers — Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Lenovo (HKSE: 992.hk) — announce quarterly earnings. And for Microsoft’s deeper thoughts on Windows 8 sales, circle January 24, 2013 on your calendar.
Whether you believe Windows 8 sales are thriving or struggling, the 2013 International CES conference (Jan. 8-11, Las Vegas) will arrive at the perfect time for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its hardware partners.
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) remains “excited” about Windows 8, but the U.S. retailer says the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) operating system and even the new Surface Pro tablet are falling short of Staples’ original expectations. Demos Parneros (pictured), president of U.S. Stores, shared Staples’ views of Windows 8 and Surface Pro sales during an earnings call today.
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets were supposed to drive demand for Windows Phone 8 devices. The business plan went like this: Sell lots of touch-enabled tablets running Windows 8 Pro or Windows RT, and consumers would flock to similar smartphones and ultrabooks.
Microsoft earlier this week made a point of noting that there have been 40 million downloads of Windows 8 since it launched a month ago, putting it ahead of where Windows 7 was at the same point in its sales cycle. But according to figures out today from NPD, in the midst of an overall slowdown in PC sales, this is not translating into robust hardware sales in the influential U.S. market.
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Vizio is hoping to find the same success it's had in the TV business in the competitive market of personal computing.
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Vizio is showing off its lineup of PCs, which consists of two all-in-one desktops and three laptop computers all running Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.
The Irvine company is planning on taking the same ret
The Microsoft Surface RT is a PC. It’s not a mobile device and it’s not a tablet, it’s a PC. And Microsoft’s first self-branded computer. It is, in short, the physical incarnation of Microsoft’s Windows 8.
The expectations and competition for the Surface are daunting.
Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud service, may drive business demand for Microsoft Surface and Windows 8 tablet sales, The VAR Guy believes. Where’s the evidence? Just listen to Samsung, Lenovo and Seton Hall University. Here’s the update.
As reported, Seton Hall University is standardizing students on Samsung Windows 8 tablets and ultrabooks.
Amid all the questions about Windows 8 sales, here’s the biggest one from The VAR Guy: Why does Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) allow computer makers to sell Windows 8 on PCs, notebooks and ultrabooks that lack touch-enabled screens? That’s a huge mistake. Skeptical?
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