Windows 8 hundred days

Computer store news: Windows 8 officially went on the market for 100 days, and the buzz of the media has never been interrupted. Microsoft CFO Tami Reller has something to say, the following is the compilation of the conversation: As of now, Microsoft has sold 6,000 10,000 copies of Windows 8 are similar to the case when Windows 7 was first released. But the actual situation is not so simple, because the upgrade price of Windows8 is much lower than the predecessor, and we do not know the proportion of OEM and enterprise users. However, Reller believes that Win8's sales are starting well.

Concerns about the decline in PC sales have led some to wonder whether Win8 can stimulate the growth and development of the entire PC industry, and others suspect it will become another Vista. Although sales during the holiday season were not good, Reller revealed that some hardware sales were good. “Customers' demand for touch devices is higher than our supply capacity. & rdquo; She said this, suggesting that Microsoft and its OEM partners need to improve this situation.

Consumers want to play at the actual retail point before buying, but Microsoft didn't realize it before. However, Reller said that Microsoft will increase the distribution of Surface RT in Europe within a few weeks. She did not mention plans for an increase in international retail stores.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 with touch function, Windows 8 and the Acer Aspire S7 are all very well sold, and the latter is often delayed. Reller believes that computer sales are a good balance for Windows RT and Windows 8 tablets.

Samsung launched Windows RT in the US, and HP said there are no plans for this product. HP believes that the Surface is not powerful enough and its positioning is vague. It is clear that OEMs see Intel's low-power chips as a means of motivating consumers to buy tablets and their hybrids.

For the abandonment of the Windows 8 Start button and the Start menu, Microsoft interprets it as relying on telemetry data and calls this a trend to use the Start menu. Microsoft says that more than 90% of users can find the "most important thing" when they first use it, and do what they want. For Windows 8 to learn to master, Microsoft senior executive Marcuss said: "It is important to let users find their own use in different operating environments. & rdquo; This is a learning curve, although some people strongly miss the start menu, but they will adapt. Microsoft said that the number of tiles on the screen has doubled in two weeks, and the number of app downloads has reached 100 million. Earlier in January, Microsoft said there were a total of 45 billion tiles updated.

In this case, the start of Windows 8 is flat, but what will happen in the future? Microsoft is not going to talk about Windows Blue, which may be Microsoft's new product this year. It will optimize the Windows 8 UI and change the upgrade plan to once a year. After seeing the strong demand for the Apple iPad Mini, the 7- to 8-inch Windows tablet will also be unknown. Because Windows 8 has the ability to run on devices of different sizes, Reller believes that Microsoft can cope with future market competition. As sales of Chromebooks continue to grow and consumers become more interested in tablets, in order to increase sales of Windows 8, Microsoft must ensure that Surface Pro tablets do not cause excessive controversy.

Overall, Reller is satisfied with the performance of Windows 8 to date. She believes that: " is starting to be strong, but it is only the beginning, we still have many reasons to be optimistic. "