Win8 is harder to sell than Vista

Computer store news: Windows8's share of all connected Windows PCs rose from 1.2% in November to 1.6%, lower than Vista (2.2%) after 2 months of release. The speed of popularity below Vista is a disturbing sign for Windows 8. Vista is considered a failed product from Microsoft, in part because its number of users is far less than its predecessor Windows XP and successor Windows 7. Vista's share of all Windows systems reached a peak of 20.3% in the fall of 2009.

According to "Computerworld" forecast, last week of December, Win8 share among all Windows systems will rise to 4%, reaching levels comparable with Vista.

Net Applications data confirms the view of other market research companies that Win8
has not driven PC sales. Market research firm NPD said at the end of November that US consumer PC sales fell 21% year-on-year in the four weeks before and after the release of Windows 8 (October 26). According to the latest NPD data quoted by the New York Times last weekend, US consumer Windows PC sales fell 13% year-on-year from the end of October to the first week of December.

At the end of the third month after the release, Vista accounted for 3.3% of all Windows copies. To reach the level comparable to Vista, Windows 8 must double its market share by the end of January 2013.

The popularity of Windows 8 is much lower than Windows 7. At the end of the second month, Windows 7 accounted for 6.2% of all Windows PCs, which is equivalent to nearly 4 times that of Windows 8 on December 22. From the current point of view, Windows 8 is almost impossible to catch up with Windows 7, at least in the short term: at the end of the third month, Windows 7 market share reached 8.2%.

Net Applications data shows that Windows 7 market share is still growing in December this year. As of December 22, Windows 7's share of all PCs was 45.6%, 0.9 percentage points higher than at the end of November. Windows 7 market share is growing at twice the speed of Windows 8.

Analysts pointed out that Windows 8 popularity is lower than Windows 7, and even Vista is not difficult to understand. Analysts predict that Windows 8 will be slow to spread due to factors such as weak economy, confusing dual-user interface, low willingness to upgrade, and tablet competition. Vista and Windows 7 have never faced fierce competition from tablets.