Microsoft has reported that it has sold 200 million copies of its latest operating system Windows 8 .
This numbers are impressive as initial reports were that windows 8 was a flop and review weren't that good.
Microsoft said that it has sold 200 million copies in 15 months which are good numbers. It has outsold Vista which only sold around 180 million copies in 18 months from its release. But windows 8 lags far behind its predecessor in terms of copies sold . Windows 7 has been the most successful Microsoft windows launch ever . There were 240 million subscriptions in only 1 yea (12 months).
So, clearly windows 8 is not as big as windows 7 launch but is definitely better than the windows vista which is considered to be a flop.
Windows 8 is a complete overhaul from its predecessor with new User interface which works seamlessly on both PCs and touchscreen tablets, but it ended up which much of criticism by many traditional users,. Company's new Surface has also not been amoung the sales as it failed to won over iPad users.
This numbers are impressive as initial reports were that windows 8 was a flop and review weren't that good.
Microsoft said that it has sold 200 million copies in 15 months which are good numbers. It has outsold Vista which only sold around 180 million copies in 18 months from its release. But windows 8 lags far behind its predecessor in terms of copies sold . Windows 7 has been the most successful Microsoft windows launch ever . There were 240 million subscriptions in only 1 yea (12 months).
So, clearly windows 8 is not as big as windows 7 launch but is definitely better than the windows vista which is considered to be a flop.
Windows 8 is a complete overhaul from its predecessor with new User interface which works seamlessly on both PCs and touchscreen tablets, but it ended up which much of criticism by many traditional users,. Company's new Surface has also not been amoung the sales as it failed to won over iPad users.