Refuting Win8 sales dissatisfaction: Windows8 gambling is the future

Editor's note: Harry & Bull, founder and editor of Technologizer, a US technology blog; Harry McCracken, an analysis article, said it is too early to conclude on Windows8 sales, because Win8 is a bet on the future. .

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Microsoft released Windows 8 three weeks ago, but well-known Windows watcher Paul Thurrott said this weekend that sources from Microsoft told him that Windows 8 sales are low. Internally, Microsoft expects Microsoft to describe Windows 8 as a disappointing product.

Paul Thurrott said that the poor sales of Windows 8 are mainly affected by the following factors:

Windows 8 will be confusing, this operating system's maddening Metro interface masks Windows Upgrade of the desktop. Microsoft said that Windows 8 is touch-first, but this may not be what users need.

I don't know if Microsoft expects Windows 8 to succeed immediately. But because Windows 8 is very different from any previous version of Windows, I am not surprised that not many consumers choose to upgrade to Windows 8. For most consumers, there is no reason to upgrade to Windows 8 until more Windows 8 applications arrive.

The main purpose of Microsoft's Windows 8 launch was not to stimulate PC sales during the 2012 shopping season. Windows 8 is a bet on the future, and Microsoft expects that most PCs will have touch capabilities by then, and tablet usage will increase dramatically. Therefore, it is still too early to conclude the sales situation of Windows 8.