Win 8 BIG dissapointment for MS

CEO Steve Ballmer has already said that Microsoft sold 4 million Windows
8 upgrades in the first weekend after its debut, but it seems like sales
of the new OS aren’t going exactly as expected.

Citing an insider, Paul Thurrott of Winsupersite.com writes that Windows
8 is already considered a disappointing product in the Redmond campus
when it comes to sales.

Microsoft is yet to release any official sales figures, but executives
have already released optimistic sales projections, hinting that the
company expects to ship millions of copies before year-end.

What’s more interesting, however, is that Microsoft blames PC makers for
Windows 8’s disappointing sales performance, claiming that end users
don’t have enough choices to buy Windows 8 devices.

The number of computers, laptops and tablets running Windows 8 is still
small at this point, but several companies have already confirmed their
plans to release such products in the near future.

This is actually another reason for Microsoft’s intentions to continue
efforts in the hardware industry. By developing its own PC and devices,
Microsoft would only have to rely on its own products when launching new
software, but would also hurt sales of many other players in the
hardware sector.

In addition, these disappointing yet unknown sales figures also bring
Steven Sinofsky back in the spotlight. It’s not yet clear whether
Sinofsky has left the company because of the slow Windows 8 sales, but
more and more signs are suggesting that this was actually one of the
reasons for the upper management shift within Microsoft.

Of course, critics could mention many reasons for Windows 8’s failure to
impress, including the major changes in the GUI and the other
often-considered “confusing” elements, but it remains to be seen what
the impact of all these changes is over the average end user.

Microsoft is yet to comment on the matter, but we’ve contacted the
Redmondians, so we’ll get back to you when we receive an answer.


--
Steve W.

On 11/18/2012 5:46 PM, Steve W. wrote:
CEO Steve Ballmer has already said that Microsoft sold 4 million Windows
8 upgrades in the first weekend after its debut, but it seems like sales
of the new OS aren’t going exactly as expected.

Citing an insider, Paul Thurrott of Winsupersite.com writes that Windows
8 is already considered a disappointing product in the Redmond campus
when it comes to sales.

Microsoft is yet to release any official sales figures, but executives
have already released optimistic sales projections, hinting that the
company expects to ship millions of copies before year-end.

What’s more interesting, however, is that Microsoft blames PC makers for
Windows 8’s disappointing sales performance, claiming that end users
don’t have enough choices to buy Windows 8 devices.

The number of computers, laptops and tablets running Windows 8 is still
small at this point, but several companies have already confirmed their
plans to release such products in the near future.

This is actually another reason for Microsoft’s intentions to continue
efforts in the hardware industry. By developing its own PC and devices,
Microsoft would only have to rely on its own products when launching new
software, but would also hurt sales of many other players in the
hardware sector.

In addition, these disappointing yet unknown sales figures also bring
Steven Sinofsky back in the spotlight. It’s not yet clear whether
Sinofsky has left the company because of the slow Windows 8 sales, but
more and more signs are suggesting that this was actually one of the
reasons for the upper management shift within Microsoft.

Of course, critics could mention many reasons for Windows 8’s failure to
impress, including the major changes in the GUI and the other
often-considered “confusing” elements, but it remains to be seen what
the impact of all these changes is over the average end user.

Microsoft is yet to comment on the matter, but we’ve contacted the
Redmondians, so we’ll get back to you when we receive an answer.




Good.
Hopefully this will cause more people to switch to mac.

I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.
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On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On 11/18/2012 8:52 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.

and I should still be driving the 1988 Acura I had in college.

Justin wrote:
On 11/18/2012 8:52 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.

and I should still be driving the 1988 Acura I had in college.


Probably better built and easier to work on than 99% of modern vehicles.
I kick myself at least once a week for selling off the 1974 Nova SS I had.

Had a straight 6, points ignition and averaged around 18mpg.

--
Steve W.

Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.

T-bird 2.0 for me.
Tried some of the newer versions but have yet to find a reason why I
"need" the tabbed E-mails or most of the rest of the "features"


I got my first taste of Win 8 yesterday. Still trying to erase it from
my memory. What a POS....
Told the owner that if the machine was mine I'd take it back, then buy a
good used machine running XP or Win 7


--
Steve W.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:34:49 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Justin wrote:
On 11/18/2012 8:52 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.

and I should still be driving the 1988 Acura I had in college.


Probably better built and easier to work on than 99% of modern vehicles.
I kick myself at least once a week for selling off the 1974 Nova SS I had.

Had a straight 6, points ignition and averaged around 18mpg.
A 6 cyl SS was a rare bird.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:42:32 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.

T-bird 2.0 for me.
Tried some of the newer versions but have yet to find a reason why I
"need" the tabbed E-mails or most of the rest of the "features"


I got my first taste of Win 8 yesterday. Still trying to erase it from
my memory. What a POS....
Told the owner that if the machine was mine I'd take it back, then buy a
good used machine running XP or Win 7
I'd downgrade the new machins to Win7, like I downgraded quite a few
machines to XP in the past.

wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:34:49 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Justin wrote:
On 11/18/2012 8:52 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.
and I should still be driving the 1988 Acura I had in college.

Probably better built and easier to work on than 99% of modern vehicles.
I kick myself at least once a week for selling off the 1974 Nova SS I had.

Had a straight 6, points ignition and averaged around 18mpg.
A 6 cyl SS was a rare bird.

It was a factory SS, but the original owner didn't "like all the power"
and actually had a dealer swap the engine...
Only good thing was that the original engine came with the car, but it
had been sitting around for a while, the 6 was a good runner so it
stayed till I found some money.... Problem ended up that the money came
from selling it !!!

--
Steve W.

wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:42:32 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Ron Hardin wrote:
I'm sticking with XP, with a 2005 version
of Cygwin. It makes me immune from idiot graduate
students fussing with compilers.

Note the header on this post, by the way.
Netscape 2.02 news reader.

Don't change what isn't broken.
T-bird 2.0 for me.
Tried some of the newer versions but have yet to find a reason why I
"need" the tabbed E-mails or most of the rest of the "features"


I got my first taste of Win 8 yesterday. Still trying to erase it from
my memory. What a POS....
Told the owner that if the machine was mine I'd take it back, then buy a
good used machine running XP or Win 7
I'd downgrade the new machins to Win7, like I downgraded quite a few
machines to XP in the past.

It is a PIA to even configure it. None of the functionality of earlier
versions. You have to search for just about everything.
Then there are the things that are gone -
No address book, Calculator, Notepad. No games that will play without
being online! MS games are gone as well.
All of the apps are unstable, Even MS ones crash 75% of the time.
How about NO native DVD support!
This is after about 45 minutes just looking for stuff that the normal
old person wants.
The new version of IE REALLY stinks.


--
Steve W.