Windows XP Sales Lag

[AMDPwred]

CNet: WinXP

 

[Dunbar]

There are no fewer than three large Windows XP banners visible from my office. BTW, the article says that while retail sales are slow business licenses (the real money maker) are doing fine.

 

[nord1899]

As much as I like to see M$ get tarnished over things like this, there is one very key figure that is missing from these articles. The number of new PC's ordered with XP over the time period versus the number of new PC's ordered 98. Retail sales mean jack squat. Though it does give a slight black eye to M$ when combined with the PS2 beating XBox figures.

 

[RSI]

<< Microsoft's biggest operating system launch ever has failed to generate enough retail sales to push past its predecessor, Windows 98 >>

Win98 is WinXP's predecessor??

 

[AMDPwred]

Win98 is WinXP's predecessor??

I think it was a typo.

 

[kjmcdonald]

I think he mentioned Win98 because it was MS's last big hit OS - at least for the Home.

Yes, Win ME is the predessor( as in previously marketed to the same consumer group. not
necc. related to the same code base) to WinXP home, but as far as people buying it and upgrading
to it goes... Well the way I understand it it was a flop.

Win98 on the other hand was(again the way I understand it) a relatively huge hit.

-Kyle

 

[Saltin]

It doesnt take a genius to figure out that the economy on a whole is not so hot right now. PC sales have been very poor for some time. They hoped that XP would re-vitalize the industry somewhat, but it hasnt. It's obvious why. For the average home user upgrading hardware just isnt that important. The majority of home computers in the US would probably have a hard time running XP.

So is this a reflection on the quality of XP? Surely not.