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Windows XP Still Outselling Windows Vista

Posted by timothy on from the in-this-house-they're-tied-at-zero dept.

nandemoari writes with an excerpt from an InfoPackets article that says "While Microsoft excitedly tries to sway public opinion by touting that Windows Vista License sales top 180 Million units, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was busy smacking Microsoft down — reportedly shipping PCs with a Vista Business license but with Windows XP pre-loaded in the majority of business computers sold since the June 30 Windows XP execution date established by Microsoft — casting a lot of doubt over how many copies of Vista have actually been sold."

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  1. Re:More statistics by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Vista" has been out for 23 years.

    It is just the latest version of Windows after all.

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
  2. Re:Does this even matter?... by Dex5791 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft could make more $$$ by making Vista Open source then selling the tech support to frustrated customers.

  3. Re:Microsoft wants to sell more Vista? by argent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Vista isn't an "upgrade". Any given computer will run faster and more reliably with XP than Vista, so it's XP that's the upgrade.