Windows 8 Prognosis for Sales

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Both Dell and HP are expecting growth. Consider where they are in the market place. Here is a look at the stock price.

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Then compare that with the standing among other PC manufacturers.

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This shows that there is still growth in the PC industry, at 1.9 percent in the first 2012 quarter. HP did show growth, not like Lenovo or ASUS. But Dell and Acer Group showed a drop in growth.

So expectations for a new push with Windows 8 are high, but that is not what analysts are projecting. For one, [url=http://www.forumswindows8.com/info/windows-8-tablets-faces-bleak-future-266.html">Windows 8 tablets are not expected to rise. For another, the Consumer Electronics show, earlier made clear that the PC is in trouble, at least as reported by those [url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-predictions-for-windows-8/2156">attending the show.

The distinction in Operating System use from personal to business use will be more dramatic than before because Microsoft is pushing the Azure Cloud, and that is key for business use.

Source: [url=http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1981717">Gartner

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