Vista Shipped On 39% of PCs In 2007

Stony Stevenson writes "Vista is proving far less popular than XP did with new PC buyers during the earlier OS's first year on the market. This conclusion follows from statements by Bill Gates at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. Gates boasted that Microsoft has sold more than 100 million copies of Windows Vista since the OS launched last January. Based on Gates's statement, Windows Vista was aboard just 39% of the PC's that shipped in 2007. And Vista, in terms of units shipped, only outperformed first-year sales of XP by 10%, according to Gates's numbers, while PC shipments have doubled in the years since XP's release."

Comments

Re:What about Win Xp...

[blackdew]

It's getting better by the day for the last 10 years and still not anywhere close to being there...

Re:More computers sold?

[Macthorpe]

1. Hardware upgrades - I have to upgrade my 2 Gzh, 1 GB ram, 250 gb computer to be able to run Vista. Recommend Specs 2 GB ram, Aero graphics card. Minimum Specs: 800Mhz CPU, 512Mb RAM, DX9 graphics card. You don't "have" to upgrade at all, unless your graphics card is more than 6 years old.

2. A major loss in ease of system administering ability Wrong.

3. IE 7 - IE 7 doesn't work with everything a Systems admin needs, most times I have to use FF because all the stuff I work doesn't support IE 4. What does a 'sysadmin need' that requires a web browser but you can't run in IE?

4. Bonus - Made by Microsoft who is know less for innovation and more for viruses, theft, and bugs. Nice and subjective.

5. Ugly skin Subjective, I like it.

6. No general feature change, Leopard came with over 300 features where as Vista, like 20. You haven't bothered to do any research at all. Try these links to get you started:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_features_new_to_Windows_Vista
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_and_safety_features_new_to_Windows_Vista
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_features_new_to_Windows_Vista