MS sells 20M copies of Vista in Feb

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-27-07, 11:35 AM

I bet they wont say how many people returned it and went back to XP

Skybird · 03-27-07, 12:04 PM

Must not mean much. Could be because no PCs today get sold without it. I know about Saturn Münster (Saturn is one of the two major electronic warehouse chains in Germany and belongs to the same corporation like infamous Media Markt) that a salesman in the PC department said the separatly available Vista copies they have in stock lay "like lead on the shelves". I know that guy, we sometimes meet for spending lunchtime breaks together. I think he knows how the sales with Vista are going in their (big) store.

Releasing high sales numbers also is a means of advertising, and undermining doubts of potential customers.

Penelope_Grey · 03-27-07, 12:21 PM

XP is rock solid, can't go wrong with it can you? And it runs everything, so Vista is just well... meh... who needs it?

Sulikate · 03-27-07, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

XP is rock solid, can't go wrong with it can you? And it runs everything, so Vista is just well... meh... who needs it?

I agree. I'll wait at least 6 months more to "up"grade to vista.

JSLTIGER · 03-27-07, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Must not mean much. Could be because no PCs today get sold without it.

Agreed...the majority of those numbers are springing from PCs that are coming with Vista pre-installed...in 2001, when XP launched, 52 million PCs were sold that year. This year, there are expected to be 92 million PCs sold. The difference of 40 million PCs makes the additional Vista sales this year mostly irrelevant.

STEED · 03-29-07, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

I bet they wont say how many people returned it and went back to XP

Vista is a joke and a bad one at that.

03-27-07, 11:35 AM	#1
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I bet they wont say how many people returned it and went back to XP __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,644 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Must not mean much. Could be because no PCs today get sold without it. I know about Saturn Münster (Saturn is one of the two major electronic warehouse chains in Germany and belongs to the same corporation like infamous Media Markt) that a salesman in the PC department said the separatly available Vista copies they have in stock lay "like lead on the shelves". I know that guy, we sometimes meet for spending lunchtime breaks together. I think he knows how the sales with Vista are going in their (big) store. Releasing high sales numbers also is a means of advertising, and undermining doubts of potential customers. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	XP is rock solid, can't go wrong with it can you? And it runs everything, so Vista is just well... meh... who needs it? __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!