Microsoft Has Low Expectations on Windows 7

Bill Veghte, senior executive vice-president of Microsoft Windows business predicts that Windows 7 is going to start slow. He notes -- In the short run, these [Windows] product releases impact PC growth rates very, very modestly,”. The comment was made during the UBS Global Technology and Services conference yesterday.

There wouldn’t be any question on the consumers willingness to buy Windows 7. Given that the operating system will be pre-loaded on PCs and the hardware sales are going up during the holiday season.

Bill did not answer questions about the Windows 7 pricing however; he said that there would be three editions of Windows 7. The Windows 7 Starter Edition is branded as “good”, the Windows 7 Home Premium is called “better” and the Windows 7 Professional is branded as “best”.

The enterprise aren’t likely to jump out the gate and begin implementing Windows 7. It would take between 6 months to 1 year after the launch of the new operating system before we can see momentum in this area.

Microsoft is being humble on the launch of Windows 7 contrary to their marketing strategy for Windows Vista where they went out roaring. When problems were encountered on the operating system, the market closed down on them.

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