Reply 220 of 321, by ratfink
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So nothing new in that graph really:
- Vista had trouble attracting people off XP whereas the later, better 7 was more fortunate.
- 8 is having a similar hard time because it's competing against the great and still-pretty-new 7 [those already on 7 don't care to move to 8] and probably die-hards and low-specs running XP [and also business behemoths belatedly still shifting to 7]. Plus PC sales are relatively stagnant [aren't they?] which will limit penetration-through-turnover of the PC stock.
I think an interesting question is what Microsoft genuinely expected to happen. Because I think these graphs were reasonably foreseeable but at the same time I think they decided they had to release 8 in the form it's taken due to market trends. What will they do next I wonder.