sethnintendo said:
disolitude said:
There has been a crapload of sales articles presenting both sides of the coin. Last I heard is that Windows 8 upgrades are at 40 million in 3 weeks which is beating Windows 7 upgrades. Microsoft hasn't shed any light on surface sales, not does it matter if the device sells 5 million or 500K units, because of reasons explained above.
I've seen this talk before, the infamous Microsoft Windows doom and gloom. Honestly Windows 8 launch reminds me of the movie Groundhog Day. It's exactly the same day microsoft is reliving with Windows 8 as they did with XP. And look how that turned out.
Lastly, ths I fail to see this whole "it's premium product only if it sells" argument. Britney Spears sells a lot of records...
Spend some time with a windows 8 tablet and look at the interface and its capabilities and then compare it to the competition to see why Windows 8 is a premium product.
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Aren't they offering the upgrade at a pretty damn low discounted price? So it would be no surprise if someone upgrades for a low price. However, I see Windows 8 doing worse than XP lifetime. I simply don't like the tiled UI. However, I am not a pro users and I stuck with XP as long as I could (till I bought another computer that came with 7). I view Vista and 8 in the same light (both shitty products that I will never use).
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I doubt any Windows OS will do as well as XP simply because I doubt they'd let any version go that long without a successor.
