Microsoft sold 60 mn licenses for Windows 8
Microsoft sold 60 mn licenses for Windows 8
Las Vegas: Microsoft Corp. has sold 60 million licenses and upgrades for its new Windows 8 operating system in the 10 weeks since the launch, one of the top executives of Windows unit of the company said at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday.
The result represents a solid but not spectacular start for new flagship of Microsoft, who has not been able to revive sluggish personal computer sales, while new touch-screen Windows devices have not yet captured consumer imagination.
Windows 8 sales grow in line with that of Windows 7, Microsoft's latest operating system, launched in 2009, said Tami Reller, chief financial officer of the Windows division, in a presentation for analysts and investors at the annual tech show in Las Vegas.
The latest Windows 8 figure means Microsoft sold 20 million Windows 8 licenses and upgrades since the end of November, when it announced 40 million sales in the first month on the market.
That brings the sales broadly in line with Windows 7, 19.4 million sales per month on average in the first nine months on the market, when PC sales were at a lower level than today.
Reller did not say how many of the Windows 8 sales bulk orders from PC manufacturers and did not break out the share of the total license sales and cheaper upgrades from previous versions of Windows. She did not say how many tablets Surface - Designed for iPad head of Apple Inc's tackle on - Microsoft had sold.
Final figures for PC sales in 2012, especially in the next week or so from industry groups follow, expected the first year-on-year decline of ten years show as consumers move toward mobile computing on powerful tablets and phones. Microsoft's app-based, touch-friendly Windows 8 system is an attempt to adapt to this shift.
Microsoft shares fell 0.5 percent to $ 26.55 on the Nasdaq on Tuesday. They are down 6 percent since the launch of Windows 8 on 26 October.
Las Vegas: Microsoft Corp. has sold 60 million licenses and upgrades for its new Windows 8 operating system in the 10 weeks since the launch, one of the top executives of Windows unit of the company said at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday.
The result represents a solid but not spectacular start for new flagship of Microsoft, who has not been able to revive sluggish personal computer sales, while new touch-screen Windows devices have not yet captured consumer imagination.
Windows 8 sales grow in line with that of Windows 7, Microsoft's latest operating system, launched in 2009, said Tami Reller, chief financial officer of the Windows division, in a presentation for analysts and investors at the annual tech show in Las Vegas.
The latest Windows 8 figure means Microsoft sold 20 million Windows 8 licenses and upgrades since the end of November, when it announced 40 million sales in the first month on the market.
That brings the sales broadly in line with Windows 7, 19.4 million sales per month on average in the first nine months on the market, when PC sales were at a lower level than today.
Reller did not say how many of the Windows 8 sales bulk orders from PC manufacturers and did not break out the share of the total license sales and cheaper upgrades from previous versions of Windows. She did not say how many tablets Surface - Designed for iPad head of Apple Inc's tackle on - Microsoft had sold.
Final figures for PC sales in 2012, especially in the next week or so from industry groups follow, expected the first year-on-year decline of ten years show as consumers move toward mobile computing on powerful tablets and phones. Microsoft's app-based, touch-friendly Windows 8 system is an attempt to adapt to this shift.
Microsoft shares fell 0.5 percent to $ 26.55 on the Nasdaq on Tuesday. They are down 6 percent since the launch of Windows 8 on 26 October.
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