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NOTE: The HP new Computer Sales are most interesting...
Can't imagine what Vista Sales, via RTM as well as all new PCs will bring
next week, next quarter, apparently much greater than was ever anticipated.
(By Dina Bass )
February 9, 2007
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/303036_vistasales09.html
Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system spurred a 67 percent
increase in personal computer sales at U.S. retail stores in its first week
on the market, according to research firm Current Analysis Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co. was the top PC seller by units during the week that
ended Saturday, with its share rising from about 33 percent to more than 50
percent, according to the report by San Diego-based analyst Samir Bhavnani.
Gateway Inc. was the No. 2 seller. Dell Inc., the world's second-largest PC
maker, wasn't included because the company doesn't sell through stores.
"It's one of the bigger sales weeks we have seen since 2003," Bhavnani said.
The increase compares with sales in the same week a year earlier. Current
Analysis declined to say how many PCs were sold in total in the week.
Customers had waited through two years of delays for Vista, the first new
Windows release for PCs since 2001. The first quarter typically is the
slowest for PC sales. While Vista will provide a boost, it probably won't
reverse that seasonal trend, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer
said.
Microsoft began selling Vista in stores on Jan. 30 after releasing it to
some businesses on Nov. 30. About 5.5 million consumers will buy copies of
Vista worldwide by the end of March, forecasts Roger Kay, an analyst at
Wayland, Mass.-based research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates. That
will rise to 29.2 million in the fourth quarter.
"There are a few people that are buying it just because it's available," Kay
said. "Vista is a mild stimulus for the market."
Bhavnani said the increase in the first week "compares very favorably" with
the first week Windows XP was on sale in 2001. XP went on sale six weeks
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during a time of slower business and
consumer spending. Also, XP was available on some PCs a few weeks before the
official release.
Seventy percent of the machines sold were loaded with Vista Home Premium, a
higher-priced version that analysts expect will add hundreds of millions of
dollars to Vista's sales this year.
Kevin Kutz, Microsoft Windows client communications director, said the
company is "pleased with the initial response to Windows Vista."
Can't imagine what Vista Sales, via RTM as well as all new PCs will bring
next week, next quarter, apparently much greater than was ever anticipated.
(By Dina Bass )
February 9, 2007
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/303036_vistasales09.html
Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system spurred a 67 percent
increase in personal computer sales at U.S. retail stores in its first week
on the market, according to research firm Current Analysis Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co. was the top PC seller by units during the week that
ended Saturday, with its share rising from about 33 percent to more than 50
percent, according to the report by San Diego-based analyst Samir Bhavnani.
Gateway Inc. was the No. 2 seller. Dell Inc., the world's second-largest PC
maker, wasn't included because the company doesn't sell through stores.
"It's one of the bigger sales weeks we have seen since 2003," Bhavnani said.
The increase compares with sales in the same week a year earlier. Current
Analysis declined to say how many PCs were sold in total in the week.
Customers had waited through two years of delays for Vista, the first new
Windows release for PCs since 2001. The first quarter typically is the
slowest for PC sales. While Vista will provide a boost, it probably won't
reverse that seasonal trend, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer
said.
Microsoft began selling Vista in stores on Jan. 30 after releasing it to
some businesses on Nov. 30. About 5.5 million consumers will buy copies of
Vista worldwide by the end of March, forecasts Roger Kay, an analyst at
Wayland, Mass.-based research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates. That
will rise to 29.2 million in the fourth quarter.
"There are a few people that are buying it just because it's available," Kay
said. "Vista is a mild stimulus for the market."
Bhavnani said the increase in the first week "compares very favorably" with
the first week Windows XP was on sale in 2001. XP went on sale six weeks
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during a time of slower business and
consumer spending. Also, XP was available on some PCs a few weeks before the
official release.
Seventy percent of the machines sold were loaded with Vista Home Premium, a
higher-priced version that analysts expect will add hundreds of millions of
dollars to Vista's sales this year.
Kevin Kutz, Microsoft Windows client communications director, said the
company is "pleased with the initial response to Windows Vista."