Microsoft's Windows 8 software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said. That's leading to the fastest drop in PC sales the firm has ever seen.
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It is common knowledge that PC sales are down and unlike previous years where a new OS release from Microsoft helped boost PC sales; Windows 8 has done the opposite. The problem is that new PCs come with win 8 pre installed. It would make more sense to either allow the buyer to choose between...
Consumer sales of Windows-powered PCs have dropped 21 per cent overall last month, indicating the poor performance of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 8.
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After record numbers in the fourth quarter of 2010, PC sales slowed considerably in the first quarter of 2011, according to analysts, who debated whether the primary culprit was the rise of the iPad and other tablets, or Microsoft's Window 7.
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Time to have your say about PC customer support British consumers are buying up laptops and desktop PCs in their droves. Never mind the credit crunch; almost 40 percent of respondents to PC Advisor's annual reader survey say they've bought a desktop PC in the past two years, proving that keeping...
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Computerworld - Microsoft weathered the storm of Windows Vista, 2007's often-abused operating system, an analyst said today after reviewing the company latest earnings.
"At this point it appears Microsoft has put Vista behind it," said Allan Krans, an analyst with Technology...
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Microsoft has given small system builders the green light to start selling new Windows 7 PCs more than a week before the general launch date of Oct. 22, a Seattle-area computer maker said today.
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