It was hoped that the launch of Windows Vista would see a rush of people splurging their cash on new PCs to take advantage of the shiny new interface. But that’s not the case, according to one industry analyst.
In fact, market research firm In-Stat reckons the demand for new PCs has not been significantly affected by the release of Microsoft's latest operating system.
Although a short term rise in PC sales did occur, In-Stat’s bods reckon this was because customers delayed buying new kit until the operating system was launched.
“System sales that had been muted waiting for systems pre-loaded with Vista rather than XP are expected to work through sales channels in the next two quarters," said Ian Lao, an analyst at In-Stat.
Uncategorized May 26th 2007