Vista Sales Rate Fell Last Quarter

Microsoft is not directly mentioning Vista demand while they brag about how much money they made last quarter, because sales fell. "[Microsoft] shipped approximately 28 million copies of Vista in the latest quarter ended September, or 9.3 million copies per month. Though the Windows developer pointed to 27 percent growth in business licenses and noted that many home users were buying the more lucrative Vista Home Premium or Ultimate editions, the rate represents a decline from the 10 million per month reported early in summer."

Comments

Re:XP Sales?

[DAldredge]

I do know about such an issue - but it isn't caused by what you think. Why don't you 1: log in so I know who I am talking to and 2: research the issue(s) yourself? KTHXBYE!

Re:Not very surprising

[Bitter and Cynical]

It's healthiest growth in years? Go to finance.google.com, enter in MSFT and look at a five year trend. Now, compare this to AAPL over the same five years. Now, if your point was merely "This is only news because it's anti microsoft" then i wouldn't have commented but your post is entirely misleading. Microsoft stock is has and will continue to be stagnent. *Disclaimer* I don't use Apple OR Microsoft products

Re:What about XP sales?

[Computershack]

Let's start with DRM. The DRM that prevents people from running network apps at even 10% of full speed if they do anything involving audio. Bullshit. That's nothing to do with DRM and everything to do with Application Priority.

The DRM that causes most existing drivers to fail under Vista. The DRM that can potentially prevent open source programs (or any program, for that matter) from even running on Vista. More bullshit. The way Vista is written to not allow drivers to directly access the kernel anymore is the problem. And what open source programs can't work on Vista?

The DRM that causes Vista to run a good 10%-20% slower than XP on the same hardware.
Agasin, more bullshit. It runs slower because there's more overheads due to the additional services and Aero etc. Fuck all to do with DRM

You might not notice it, but it's there.
Only in your mind.

Then there's the pointless eyecandy. You mean like the "wobbly" effect in Ubuntu 7.10 when you drag a window??
At this point I'm just going to stop continuing to pull massive holes in your post because every single thing you've said is bollocks and I'll be here all day...