Re: Windows 7 surpasses OS X market share in 11 seconds.

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:11:54 -0800, wetpixel wrote
(in article <051120090011547175%wetpixel@xxxxxxxxx>):

In article <gNOdndPU_vSdG3PXnZ2dnUVZ_tBi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Elizabot
<Elizabot2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve de Mena wrote:
Tim Murray wrote:
Steve de Mena wrote:
Tim Murray wrote:
Steve de Mena wrote:
I guess you missed the article that Windows 7 was the ALL TIME #1
PRE-ORDER of ANY product at Amazon U.K. Surpassing Harry Potter,
and any OS X product. Regardless of what your "manager" friend
at Fry's told you. (Is every loser employee at Fry's given a
"manager" title?)

Meh. I'm sure it was big, but the Windows 7 preorder was sold at a
discount, so it created a sense of urgency.

The top 3 or 4 positions Windows 7 currently occupies on Amazon's U.S
software sales list. are not being sold at a discount.

Correct. So what has what to do with preorders?

Nothing.

It addresses the statement I was replying to, that somehow Windows 7
isn't "selling" or "popular":

"FALSE FATBOY!! Frys sold far far less copies of Windows 7 than
sold Mac 10.6 when it was released. "

Steve

Maybe I missed something, but which particular version of W7 are they
babbling about?

It doesn't actually matter; the context was not that Win7 isn't selling
in large amounts relative to other SW selling this week, it was that
Win7 is selling less than expected and hoped to it's market audience.

Thus; (with invented numbers only)
Win7 should appeal to perhaps 70% of Windows users
Win7 has been purchased for about 20% of users so far.
Early acceptance are usually much higher than ongoing long-term sales.

Interpretation: Win7 sales are not as impressive as they were
expected/hoped/hyped to be.

Now, Steve, you'd be better off arguing that Win7 long-term sales will
prove it out much better than it has already, but there are real
numbers out there that suggest it just isn't that exciting a change.

The problem is that Microsoft has shot themselves in the OS feet. They have
so thoroughly convinced their customer base that "good enough" is as much as
one needs, that most Windows users are content with XP and see no reason to
upgrade. Add to THAT perception the further perception that since newer
versions of all software will still run on older versions of Windows, and
they have shot themselves in the other foot as well. Nobody NEEDS to upgrade
to Win7. Other than features and eye-candy, it really does little or nothing
that COMPELS the user base to upgrade. The latest versions of everything will
(ostensibly) still run as well as ever on their old versions of XP. The only
time that most people (except for computer enthusiasts) ever upgrade their OS
is when they buy a new computer with that new OS pre-installed. This is
doubly true with Windows users and even more true with corporate customers .

.

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