Here we are one week later, and as demonstrated by this poll earlier, it looked like XP wasn't exactly a "must-buy". Microsoft has certainly sold plenty of copies in one week's time (300,000), but it's not as big Microsoft was hoping the hype would make it.
Early XP sales less than stellar
Despite heavy marketing and lucrative rebates being offered by retailers, early results indicate that sales of Windows XP are trailing Windows 98 but running ahead of Windows Me.
Fewer than 300,000 boxed copies of the new operating system were sold in the first several days of its availability, according to preliminary figures from NPD Intelect, which has polled roughly 80 percent of its retailers and mail-order clients about XP. Although some poll respondents indicated that demand was "healthy," NPD asserts that the final tally of first-week sales will likely be 20 percent to 25 percent lower than what Microsoft saw with Windows 98...
And this is supposed to be Microsoft's biggest OS release since 95, but sales are trailing that of Win98.
Early XP sales less than stellar
Despite heavy marketing and lucrative rebates being offered by retailers, early results indicate that sales of Windows XP are trailing Windows 98 but running ahead of Windows Me.
Fewer than 300,000 boxed copies of the new operating system were sold in the first several days of its availability, according to preliminary figures from NPD Intelect, which has polled roughly 80 percent of its retailers and mail-order clients about XP. Although some poll respondents indicated that demand was "healthy," NPD asserts that the final tally of first-week sales will likely be 20 percent to 25 percent lower than what Microsoft saw with Windows 98...
And this is supposed to be Microsoft's biggest OS release since 95, but sales are trailing that of Win98.
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