It doesn’t appear that the recent launch of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) was any boost to a flagging PC market.
According to a report from Reuters, an analysis by research firm NPD Group indicates that consumer sales of Windows PCs fell by 21 per cent last month. Since Windows 8 launched, Windows laptop sales have actually dropped 24 per cent from the same period a year ago, and desktop sale are off by eight per cent.
NPD said it’s too early to blame Windows 8 for the decline and the busy holiday season is still to come, but it appears at least that the new OS hasn’t been the sales spark many industry stakeholders were hoping it would be.
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