Microsoft: At least 200 million PCs sold before the release of Windows 8

According to Microsoft, at least 200 million PCs will be sold before the Windows 8 system is released. This data is very interesting because it clearly confirms the speculation that the Windows 8 system will be released in the first half of 2012, not the second half of 2012 as originally guessed.

At last week's 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference, Steve Guggenheimer, vice president of Microsoft's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) division, talked about Microsoft and the original The relationship of the device manufacturer has been discussed. Guggenheimer mentioned that the cooperation with OEM partners allowed Microsoft to sell at least 200 million PCs before the release of the Windows 8 system. In sharp contrast, according to market research firm Gartner's estimates, global PC shipments in 2011 will exceed 400 million. Data from Microsoft shows that since the release of the Windows 7 system in 2009, more than 400 million Windows 7 systems have been sold, with sales of around 200 million in almost every ten months.