Reuters: Technology News: Windows 8 sales steady, hit 60 million since October launch

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Windows 8 sales steady, hit 60 million since October launch Jan 8th 2013, 21:43 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News AT&T sells record 10 million smartphones in fourth-quarter 12:23pm EST Intel bets big on thin PCs and phones at Las Vegas show Mon, Jan 7 2013 Microsoft, Motorola millions apart on royalty payment case Tue, Dec 18 2012 As global consumers shop mobile, Apple outshines rivals Wed, Dec 12 2012 Microsoft ups Surface production, to sell in more stores Tue, Dec 11 2012 Analysis & Opinion Stop the CES madness Facebook may yet learn that power does not ensure immortality Guests are silhouetted at the launch event of Windows 8 operating system in New York, October 25, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson By Bill Rigby LAS VEGAS | Tue Jan 8, 2013 4:43pm EST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 60 million licenses and upgrades for its new Windows 8 operating system in the 10 weeks since its launch, one of the top executives of the company's Windows unit said at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday. The figure marks a solid but unspectacular start for Microsoft's new flagship product, which has not managed to revive flagging personal computer sales this year, while new touch-screen Windows devices have not yet captured consumers' imaginations. Windows 8 sales are broadly in line with those of Windows 7, Microsoft's last operating system launched in 2009, said Tami Reller, chief financial officer of the Windows division, in a presentation to analysts and investors at the annual tech show in Las Vegas. Reller did not say how many of its new Surface tablets - designed to tackle Apple Inc's iPad head on - Microsoft had sold. Final figures for PC sales in 2012, due in the next week or so from industry tracking groups, are expected to show the first decline for a decade as consumers move towards mobile computing on powerful tablets and phones. Microsoft's app-based, touch-friendly Windows 8 system is an attempt to adjust to that shift. (Reporting By Bill Rigby; Editing by Gary Hill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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