Microsoft would have you believe that the launch of Windows 8 has been nothing short of a major success, revealing yesterday that over 40 million licenses have been sold since the OS went on sale last month. But new figures from NPD tell a slightly different tale, highlighting a sagging PC market and offering confirmation that consumers are showing some hesitance in adopting Windows 8. "The consumer Windows PC and tablet market didn’t get the boost it needed from the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 in the U.S.," NPD's release states flatly. Following the official launch, Windows hardware sales have fallen 21 percent compared to the same period last year. Notebooks bore the brunt of the decline, down 24 percent while desktops fell by...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/29/3706078/npd-data-windows-8-pc-sales
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