Windows 8 proving less popular than Vista
Found on Kitguru on Tuesday, 01 January 2013
Windows 8 usage uptake has slipped behind Vista’s in the same point in its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PC’s which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two month mark after release.
The New York Times have also said that U.S. consumer sales of Windows machines from late October through to the first week of December are down 13% compared to the same period a year previous.
Not really much of a surprise. Even Windows 7 has already major annoyances which do not make it a useful system. Microsoft has decided to remove previously existing features for the sake of simplicity; however that makes working with Windows 7 less productive. Most noteable is removing information from the status bar: in previous versions, a quick glance into the lower corners would tell you the size of all files, plus the free space on disk. Now such information is only displayed if you select the files; and in some truly random fashion, you need to right click and check the properties if you select more than 15 files. Furthermore, Microsoft turns editing your network settings into a royal pain and seems unable to provide a really useful firewall.