Comments on: Gates: 40 million Vista copies sold

During WinHEC keynote, Microsoft chairman also announces several new partners for its Windows Home Server product, including Gateway and Medion.

[Lex Man]

Linux

I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu and Windows XP. I use Ubuntu 7.04 to do all my day to day stuff (write docs, surf the net, listen to music etc) and just use XP to play games and testing software I develop when necessary.

I been using Ubuntu for about six months and never had any problems.

[Llib Setag]

Microsoft cuts the Vista Sales Facts in half

Microsoft today revealed that it had sold 40 million copies of Windows Vista in the 100 days since its late-January debut. Company founder Bill Gates made the statement at the opening of Microsoft's WinHEC conference, and noted that many of the copies sold were versions above and beyond the standard version; 78 percent of copies were for Home Premium or higher, he said.

The figure was cited as proof of an increasing shift to digital media in most computer users' lives.

While significant, the sales point to a rapid slowdown in adoption of the new operating system. Microsoft had observed that it sold 20 million copies in the first month, which doubled XP's achievement but now indicates that the average number of copies sold has been cut in half during March and April.

The firm has so far declined to compare its most recent figures with the relative size of the market today or to any decline that may have occurred during XP's 2001 release.

Although heavily anticipated, Vista has been plagued by sporadic issues with missing drivers or incompatible software that have caused hesitation in some buyers.

TELL US ALL THE FACTS CITIZEN GATES.

[Llib Setag]

Microsoft cuts the Vista Sales Facts in half

Microsoft today revealed that it had sold 40 million copies of Windows Vista in the 100 days since its late-January debut. Company founder Bill Gates made the statement at the opening of Microsoft's WinHEC conference, and noted that many of the copies sold were versions above and beyond the standard version; 78 percent of copies were for Home Premium or higher, he said.

The figure was cited as proof of an increasing shift to digital media in most computer users' lives.

While significant, the sales point to a rapid slowdown in adoption of the new operating system. Microsoft had observed that it sold 20 million copies in the first month, which doubled XP's achievement but now indicates that the average number of copies sold has been cut in half during March and April.

The firm has so far declined to compare its most recent figures with the relative size of the market today or to any decline that may have occurred during XP's 2001 release.

Although heavily anticipated, Vista has been plagued by sporadic issues with missing drivers or incompatible software that have caused hesitation in some buyers.

TELL US ALL THE FACTS CITIZEN GATES.

[Llib Setag]

Dell & XP Sales?

Why did Dell go BACK to preloaing XP on made to order PC's when MS wanted them to stop doing this & only offer the Vista Options?

The PC people have spoken & they do not want Vista until all the bugs are worked out & they can afford to upgrade all their equipment & peripherals & download patch after patch after patch to get it to work like XP does today...

Why upgrade at all?

[wbenton]

Let's look at the basic facts shall we?

Microsoft doesn't ship to end-users, in fact, they don't ship to most of the OEM vendors either. For OEM vendors, they sell a block of licenses (by the thosands, ten thousands or unlimited distribution) and get a one time fee (yearly or just once depends on the contract the OEM has with Microsoft).

After that, the OEM just starts shipping their PC's with Microsoft's products pre-installed.

Many don't want Vista as it's still so buggy and thus request that WinXP be pre-installed as well. But Microsoft doesn't look at those numbers, they just count the number of licenses sold. But those sold were mainly to OEM's in the form of a bulk license and thus no actual shipments out of Microsoft's factory, just a piece of paper with a list of serial numbers for each OEM.

They do however ship their products to some fo the retail stores in boxes marked "Vista".

But here too, Microsoft counts them as they go out their own factory door on their way to the Retailers. But the retailers store them up and sell them to the general public.

So maybe CNet should go around to all of the major Microsoft outlets and ask how many they've actually sold to the end user and I'm sure you'll end up with a much smaller number.

Some of those retailers buy blocks of 10,000 at a time (to get the best price) even though they're currently selling less than 20 per day at present. They know that in the future, once SP1 and SP2 come out for Vista, that their volume will increase eventually in the future.

So why doesn't CNET to a poll of the largest Microsoft retailers to find out how many they're shipping per month from each biggie. If the biggie totals don't come anywhere near what Microsoft claims, then we'll know for sure how much wool Microsoft is trying to pull over our eyes.

There's no doubt that they're pulling wool over our eyes... it's just the amount that we're unaware of.

I doubt what they say is actually anywhere near correct. But then again, Microsoft is known to exaggerate the truth on numerous occasions.

Walt

[futurevision]

How many retail boxed copies sold?

Compared with XP, how many retail boxed copies of Vista have been sold to date? That's the true gauge of public interest. MS won't say. A Comp USA store near Redmond, WA recently had a going out of business sale. Even at 50% off, no one was buying Vista until someone (a dealer?) bought the whole lot.

[i_made_this]

Gates' Quote of 40 Million...

...no doubt represents the 39 million copies shipped to OEM's who are no doubt sitting on most all of that sluggish inventory. But Redmond has no choice at this early stage in the game - they must wave the flag, even though they know they're fooling no one about Vista adoption rates. If you go back to Windiows ME, they waved the flag on that fiasco for two years after it shipped RTM before chucking it in. If I were a large enterprise buyer, I'd have serious concerns about Vista support being dropped in future due to lack of demand.

[Thomas, David]

User Base Count

The only number that matters is the number of
people consistently using the OS as their primary platform.
Everything else is complete hogwash. The only reason
Microsoft is spreading misleading information, is to try
and promote their all but non-existent consumer adoption rate of
thier new operating system.

[bryw5858]

Zionist Israelis Hacking U.S. phones using GSM ringtones

This has been going on since approximately 2003. I am still putting all the details together, but I just wanted Americans to know that your so-called "friends" have been spying on you with all those GSM goodies you know and love. A nimber of ringtone front comanies are linked to an israeli-russian hacking site whose domain is xss.ru

[PrattOSU]

"Religion is not very efficient."

Check out some of the other crazy things Bill Gates has said -
http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/2483//Religion+is+not+very+efficient+Bill+Gates+Quotes.aspx

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[kkjdebay]

Vista is garbage for the computer illerate masses

Who cares Bill !! Linux breathes down your neck and gets stronger while you crouch in the bushes !!