The sale of pcs with Windows 8 is far below the expectations of Microsoft, a source within the company, according to a well-known Microsoft-watcher. The company’s debt would, however, when the creators of pc’s, which is disappointing designs would have come.
Among other things, by the imposition of the new touch optimized start menu was the release of Windows 8 is one of the most controversial in the history of Microsoft. Although the OS less than a month out, there is already a lot of speculation about the receipt but hard numbers are missing. Figures and details reports the well-known Microsoft-watcher Paul Thurrott is not, but he says from a source within Microsoft learned that the Windows-maker is the sales intern so far ‘disappointing’.
Microsoft would be the slow start, however, mainly due to the limited availability of Windows 8 pcs, and the disappointing design of hardware with the operating system. Manufacturers have a lot of touch-all-in-ones and hybrids of notebooks and tablets announced, but still not all designs are available.
Microsoft seems to be already unhappy about the hardware innovations of its partners. The company has itself a tablet is released, the Surface RT, with a more powerful Pro version of the Surface coming on, while ceo Steve Ballmer has said that more hardware is coming and there are rumors about a smartphone.
The rumor about the internal reception of the Windows 8 sales comes at a time when Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has just left and the pc sales are under serious pressure by the popularity of tablets and the continued bad economic situation.
