Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch.
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6.11.2009 Microsoft Reports Third-Quarter Results
Microsoft Corp. today announced third-quarter revenue of $10.90 billion for the period ended March 31, 2006, a 13% increase over the same quarter of the prior year. Operating income for the quarter was $3.89 billion, or a 17% increase compared with $3.33 billion in the prior-year period.
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28.4.2006 Microsoft Reports First Quarter Earnings
Microsoft delivers double digit revenue growth.
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27.10.2006 Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Revenue
Microsoft Corp. today announced third-quarter revenue, operating income and diluted earnings per share of $14.45 billion, $4.41 billion and $0.47, respectively.
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25.4.2008 Microsoft Says Vista Sales Strong
More than 20 million copies of Windows Vista were sold globally in February 2007, the first month of sales since its widespread consumer release.
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27.3.2007 Vista no panacea for PC sales
Although Microsoft has characterized itself as happy with Vista adoption so far—and Bill Gates said last week at WinHEC that Microsoft had shipped 40 million copies—the release of the new operating system has not resulted in a significant bump in PC sales.
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24.5.2007 PC sales are growing - but not because of Vista
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to increase by 11 per cent this year spurred by uptake in emerging markets rather than the launch of Microsoft’s Vista operating system, according to research.
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28.6.2007 Vista Will Have Little Impact on Mac Sales: Analyst Says
While the launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system will drive consumer PC sales in the coming months, the operating system's impact on sales of Apple's Macintosh are expected to be minimal, according to a recent report.
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17.2.2007 The Vista Sales Numbers: Anatomy of a Wash
The abundant mix of both upward and downward slopes that have characterized Microsoft Windows Vista sales projections since last September, and the strangely dichotomous co-existence of expectations exceeded and fears realized, has led many experts to start asking serious questions about the role the operating system plays not only in the markets but in our lives:
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19.2.2007 Microsoft: Windows Vista sales grow up!
Microsoft chair Bill Gates today noted at a European news conference that sales of Windows Vista have reached 140 million copies worldwide.
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9.5.2008 Microsoft's new OS Vista spurs computer sales
US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.
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10.2.2007 Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel
Comparing preliminary information released by NPD this morning regarding launch week sales for Microsoft Windows Vista versus historical NPD data for prior years, BetaNews has learned the news for Microsoft may seem even more daunting than at first believed:
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16.2.2007 Windows Vista sales rate double that of XP
On March 26, Microsoft released its internal sales figures for the first month of Windows Vista. Microsoft said it has sold in excess of 20 million Vista licenses in the first month of latest Windows client's general availability.
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30.3.2007 Vista Sales Near 40 Million, Gates Says At WinHEC
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates also revealed that the official name of the next version of the company's server operating system--heretofore code-named Longhorn--will be Windows Server 2008.
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16.5.2007 Vista sales slow despite record MS profit
The sales rate of Microsoft's Windows Vista is gradually slowing down as the operating system reaches the one-year anniversary of its release to businesses, according to the company's latest financial results.
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28.10.2007 Internal Vista SP1 promo: Rockin Our Sales
Internal Microsoft videos just aren’t what they used to be with Utopian technologies and eye-candy special effects.
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16.4.2008 Microsoft says Windows Vista sales reach 60 million
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) had sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses as of the end of June, including 20 million copies sold since mid-May, the company said on Thursday.
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27.7.2007 Vista Sales Hit 88 Million, Up 47% Since July
Microsoft highlighted a number of customer migrations it says signify that users are gearing up to switch to the year-old OS.
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21.11.2007 Microsoft: Vista Sales Pass 140 Million Mark
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) claims that sales of Windows Vista are chugging steadily onward, and have now passed the 140 million mark. But that wasn't enough to help Microsoft extend its string of lights-out quarterly financial performances.
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28.4.2008 Are Windows Vista Sales So Bad That Microsoft Needs to Turn to God for a Miracle?
Is Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest client, underperforming to such an extent that the company needs to turn up the volume of its prayers?
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2.11.2007 Microsoft hones its internal sales pitch for Vista Service Pack 1
With all the controversy as of late regarding the extent to which Service Pack (SP) 1 will improve Windows Vista’s performance, what is Microsoft saying?
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28.11.2007 Microsoft postpones Winhec 2008 to Fall 2008
Microsoft announced that WinHEC 208 will not be held in the spring as previous years, but in the fall (October probably) of 2008.
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17.11.2007 Tesco.com moves into software sales
Tesco has announced it is to move into the software market, with the launch of a range of low-cost office productivity applications set to challenge Microsoft, Symantec and other big-name incumbents.
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4.10.2006 No Effect on PC Sales This Year
Microsoft's new OS isn't having much effect on 2007 PC sales, with 'at best, a limited boost.'
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26.3.2007 PC sales to drop despite Windows 7
Research firm Gartner have published their predictions for PC sales for 2009, predicting that worldwide sales will fall by 6% from 2008 levels. The sales of netbooks, however, are set to rise.
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29.6.2009 Music Sales Climb 25% In Canada
It's an advocates dream come true. News that sales have never been better in a country where the record industry associated with labels like EMI is in a "moral vacuum."
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9.10.2006 Microsoft looks to Halo 3 to boost Crackdown sales
Interest in upcoming free-roaming adventure Crackdown should soar on release this February, with the game disc including a key to download a beta test of Halo 3.
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4.1.2007 Study: Zune Sales Slow But Steady
While Microsoft is adamant that sales of its Zune player are 'meeting expectations,' data from market research firm Current Analysis indicates that the device failed to break into the top 10 in sales, and is competing in the wrong market segment.
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6.1.2007 Vista's business sales stronger than expected
Sales of Windows Vista to businesses were stronger than expected during the operating system's debut month, according to a report from NPD Group.
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11.1.2007 Wii Continues Sales Dominance in February
Nintendo's Wii outsold all other next-generation consoles in February, the NPD Group reports, further solidifying its second place market share among new consoles in the US. Meanwhile, PS3 sales continue to lag.
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18.3.2007Microsoft silent on true Vista figures
Microsoft is keeping mum on
sales figures of Windows
Vista, despite its chief
operating officer claiming
that 60 million units have
been sold.
The
software maker, however,
declined to confirm the figure
that Kevin Turner told
financial analysts last week,
throwing into confusion how
successful its latest
operating system has been.
But, approached
by ZDNet Australia's sister
site ZDNet.co.uk for
confirmation, Microsoft could
only confirm that it had sold
40 million, saying the last
figure is two months old.
If Microsoft's
figures are to be believed,
this means Vista sales are
flat. Turner's figures mean
that 20 million copies of
Vista have been sold, on a
wholesale basis at least, over
the last two months, with 40
million sold in the first four
months since the consumer
launch in January...
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31.07.2007Microsoft Says Vista Sales Strong
Kevin Kutz, a director in
Microsoft's Windows client
group, has announced that over
20 million copies of Windows
Vista were sold globally in
the first month of sales since
the consumer release (February
2007) compared to more than
the 17 million copies of
Windows XP that were sold in
the first two months following
its release in October 2001.
" These sales figures
reflect global sales from
retail, PC manufacturers and
the Express Upgrade program,
and indicate that we are on
track to more than double the
initial pace of sales for
Windows XP, and for Vista to
become the fastest adopted
version of Windows ever ,"
Kutz said. These sales figures
were compiled by Microsoft
based on sales reports from
its retail and PC
manufacturers over the period,
as well as from the Express
Upgrade program.
Kutz declined to break down
the numbers by region or per
each of the six Vista editions
but did note that sales were
strong across the globe.
Microsoft is expected to
disclose more regional and
version sales details when it
releases its quarterly
financial figures in late
April. Kutz did acknowledge
that, historically, there
tended to be a rush of sales
immediately after a product's
launch, which varied according
to the time of year.
" It's worth noting that
with XP, which we launched in
late October in advance of the
holiday season, those figures
captured some of the holiday
rush ," he said. With
regard to sales of Office 2007
over the same period, Kutz
said Microsoft was not
disclosing any sales figures,
adding that " the folk at
Office are pleased right now
with the initial
response ."
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27.03.2007Huge Xbox 360 Sales Boost Microsoft Revenue
UPDATED When Reuters
sounded alarm bells that
Microsoft net income may have
fallen by as much as 28%, it
was a bit premature: Microsoft
chose to defer about $1.64
billion of revenue from sales
of Windows Vista during the
last quarter, which came in
the form of coupons that
customers will redeem this
quarter...
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26.01.2007Is Microsoft Office 2007 outselling Windows Vista?
Mary Jo Foley is speculating that sales of Office 2007 may be outpacing sales of Windows Vista. According to Microsoft's July Vista sales
pronouncement, the software giant had sold 60 million copies of Vista. Although the Office team hasn't been talking sales figures since the
simultaneous launch of the two products, according to information shared during a recent briefing with certain members of the French tech press,
Microsoft allegedly has sold 70 million copies of Office 2007 to date. A Microsoft spokesperson noted: " It's not our policy to confirm the
license figures ." Assuming the numbers are correct, and Microsoft hasn't denied them, Office 2007 may be outselling Vista or at the very least,
keeping up.
Are there any Neowinians out there who skipped Vista but couldn't resist an upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft
Office?
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15.09.2007Apple Mac sales are down, but maybe not everywhere
Although Apple no longer seems immune to the PC industry sales slump, analyst figures released this week don't actually show the entire sales
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20.02.2009Why are Vista sales tapering off?
Microsoft is blaming its disappointing third quarter client software sales on factors that exclude Vista. Meanwhile, though, a variety of evidence
indicates that many Windows XP users aren't upgrading, but switching to Mac or Linux.
"With respect to
third-quarter in
particular, there's really no Vista-related issues at all," said Microsoft CFO and Senior VP Chris Liddell, during a conference call on Thursday. There, Microsoft reported a year-over-year drop in sales of 24%
for Windows desktop operating systems in the third quarter of Microsoft's fiscal year.
winbeta.org - 29.04.2008
Vista Sales Rate Fell Last Quarter
Microsoft is not directly mentioning Vista demand while they brag about how much money they made last quarter, because sales fell.
shipped approximately 28 million copies of Vista in the latest quarter ended September, or 9.3 million copies per month. Though the
Windows developer pointed to 27 percent growth in business licenses and noted that many home users were buying the more lucrative Vista Home Premium
or Ultimate editions, the rate represents a decline from the 10 million per month reported early in summer.
winbeta.org - 28.10.2007
RAM use rises thanks to Vista, falling prices
Microsoft's memory-hungry
Vista operating system --
along with falling dynamic RAM
prices -- is boosting
semiconductor sales.
The Semiconductor Industry
Association (SIA) reported
this week that worldwide sales
of semiconductors hit $20.3
billion in May -- 2.4% higher
than sales of $19.8 billion in
the same month a year ago.
The San Jose-based
trade association, citing
figures from one of its
members, Micron Technology
Inc., said the average amount
of DRAM installed in PCs has
increase from 772MB last year
to 1,180MB this year. ..
winbeta.org - 05.07.2007
Microsoft's quarter, outlook a mixed bag
Microsofts fiscal third quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, but the outlook for the June quarter was mixed.
Heres the rundown: Microsofts reported operating income of $4.41 billion, or 47 cents a share, on revenue of $14.45 billion. According to Thomson
Financial, Microsoft was expected to report fiscal third quarter earnings of 44 cents a share with sales of $14.5 billion. However, those earnings
figures include a charge of $1.42 billion, or 15 cents a share, to cover an EU fine. But it appears that charge was offset by an income tax
reduction.
Add it up and Microsofts earnings were better than expected, but sales were a bit light.
winbeta.org - 25.04.2008
Apple Profit Quadruples, iPod
Sales Flat
Apple on Tuesday reported yet
another record quarter for the
company, finishing the best
year in its history. The devil
is in the details, however,
and iPod sales were relatively
flat compared with last
quarter only increasing five
percent. Macintosh sales
recorded a similar five
percent increase...
betanews.com - 12.10.2005
Apple tops Wall Street's estimates in record quarter
Apple posted its best second quarter in company history, on strong sales of Macs and iPhones. But its iPod sales growth is slowing down measurably,
and analysts who used to love the double digits aren't celebrating today...
betanews.com - 24.04.2008
Creative Trims Loss, Sales
Down 25%
Creative's financial
situation is improving as it
reported a narrower net loss
Thursday for the fiscal fourth
quarter, however sales
plummeted nearly a quarter
over last year as the company
continues to struggle against
Apple in the digital music
market...
betanews.com - 11.08.2006
Vista sales hit 88 million, up 47% since July
Microsoft Tuesday said sales of Vista have hit 88 million and the company highlighted a number of customer migrations it says signify that users are
gearing up to switch to the year-old OS despite recent surveys that say many are taking a cautious approach.
Company officials
say the ebb and flow of new contracts and expiring contracts means the overall number of volume licensing copies of Vista doesnt change dramatically
from quarter to quarter.
In addition to the 88 million copies of Vista sold, Microsoft said 42 million PCs now have Vista
licenses via volume licensing contracts signed by corporate users. Microsoft used the same 42 million number back in July when it discussed Vista
uptake at its annual meeting for financial analysts.
winbeta.org - 21.11.2007
Sony Puts AIBO Robot Dog to
Sleep
While surprising analysts by
reporting that third quarter
fiscal year 2005 sales and
profits had jumped to all-time
highs, Sony's restructuring
has not been without
casualties: the company has
ceased developing its AIBO and
QRIO robots, and will halt all
sales by the end of this
quarter...
betanews.com - 27.01.2006
IBM software sales help spur 'powerful' $26.8 B quarter
Even with the current slowdown in spending on information technology, IBM's net income grew 13 percent to $26.8 billion for the second quarter of
this year, driven largely by booming sales in software and services...
betanews.com - 19.07.2008
Windows Mobile trouncing the iPhone?
Some 4.5 million Windows Mobile shipped during the year's first quarter, up 1.8 million year-over-year, according to IDG figures cited by
Microsoft's top Windows Mobile executive, Andy Lees. Apple, meanwhile, sold only 1.8 million iPhones according to IDG's figures for the same
quarter, Lees claimed.
winbeta.org - 11.07.2008
NPD: 2008 was a bad year for operating systems
Market research company NPD released its non-game software sales figures for 2008, which showed a nearly 10% overall decline, with operating systems
taking the greatest hit, selling 40% less than the previous year...
betanews.com - 18.02.2009
XP still killing Vista in sales volume: HP
Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed.
HP's revelation, made at the launch
of a new range of business notebooks, flies in the face of Microsoft's persistent PR claims that Vista has sold tens of millions of copies and is
selling at a faster rate than XP ever did.
However, HP explained how Microsoft is coming up with these "Vista" sales figures.
winbeta.org - 28.07.2008
Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch. According to
NPD's weekly tracking service, Windows 7 software unit sales in the U.S. were 234 percent higher than Vista's first few days of sales. The
most popular choice for consumers was the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade followed by the Pro upgrade and Home Premium Family Pack. According to NPD,
software sales of Windows 7 were strong compared to Vista's sales partly due to early discounts on pre-sales and a wide range of promotions.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 06.11.2009
NPD: PS3, Xbox 360 sales still lag behind PS2
Market research group NPD released video game console sales figures for the month of February, and the units with the fastest processors look to be
selling the slowest...
betanews.com - 20.03.2008
