Microsoft’s Windows Vista has been available to consumers now for 10 days. Results from the first five days of Vista sales are available with nothing really too surprising to reveal.
The first thing which the analysis report shows is that the sales of PC’s for the week ending February 3rd increased 173% which is certainly an impressive number. However, think about what that number could have been if Vista was launched before the holiday season.
It was all about Vista Home Premium for the first five days of sales. Home Premium alone made up 70% of sales for PCs with Vista. This of course does not factor in that many computers come with Home Premium as the pre-installed version. It is not know how many Home Premium sales came from upgrades.
Vista Home Basic, the simplest version that you can buy made up 22% of the sales, and Windows Vista Ultimate made up 1.2 percent of the sales. Microsoft is probably disappointed in the Ultimate number because this is obviously where they’re going to make the most profit.Samir Bhavnani who wrote the report says that “”You can expect over time that Ultimate will become a bigger part of the overall mix.”
Only time will tell how the sales of Vista Ultimate will play out. One of the biggest factors that will keep people from upgrading to the Ultimate version is price. When buying a computer with Vista Home Basic, you can upgrade to home-premium for just $50 more, but an upgrade to Vista Ultimate from Vista Basic would cost $150. Consumers are going to be much more willing to spend an extra $50 versus $150.
Also included in the report was the percentage of sales from PC Vendors. In the first week, Hewlett-Packard accounted for 54% of Vista Home premium sales and 53% of Vista Home Basic sales.
Clearly, Vista Ultimate is not a 1st choice for consumers. Home Premium appears to be the “go-to” version that will satisfy the needs of most people and comes in at a much more affordable price when compared to Vista Ultimate.
I’d be interested in knowing how many PC’s and copies of Vista were actually sold. The percentages give you some perspective to how Vista is doing, but if there was an overall number that these percentages were derived from, it would be much more insightful. It would also be interesting to see how many people are going for the much more affordable OEM edition.
Source: InfoWorld
Enjoyed the post? Subscribe to our feed to get a daily dose of CyberNet!
Tags: Software, Windows, Apple, Downloads, Microsoft, Sales, Screenshots, Windows Vista
Related Posts:
- Purchase and Download Windows Vista and Office 2007 Online
- Vista Ultimate Extras are Ultimate Disappointment
- CyberNet’s Windows Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Professional Giveaway!
- Microsoft Compares Different Versions Of Vista
- More Bad News for Vista Ultimate Extras
Of course Home Premium is the best choice for consumers. That’s what it was designed for. Does the average consumer need half of the features Ultimate offers? No, and Microsoft knows it. Ultimate is designed for high-end users, and they are in the minority. Also, with companies like Dell not selling Vista with their high-end PCs, then Ultimate becomes a good choice only for those upgrading or building from scratch, an even smaller minority. Expect sales of Ultimate to go up soon.
Yes, I seen why. Have you looked at what computers sold for HP, Dell, and Compaq. Were they possibly only the $549.00 specials with only 512 MB of RAM?! I bet! I couldn’t believe it! They had the gull to sell a Vista basic or premium system with only 512!!! Where is the system user functionality with only 512!!! Common! I blogged that. I was mad !!! http://blog.myspace.com/index......D=62875138
So I blogged this.
Home Premium costs $249, Business costs $299 and Ultimate $399. I purchased Business for some particular features. Home Premium to Ultimate upgrade is $160, which is exactly the difference in the prices…then shouldn’t Business to Ultimate upgrade also be $100? But no, it’s $140, MS wants more money “between the editions”. Simply because I dont wanna dole out 399$ at a time, I end up paying how much, $439! Ridiculous. Anyone from MS listening to this issue?
Home Premium is what I would go for as well because there is really nothing overly exciting about Ultimate. However, I’m currently using the Business edition because that is what my university gave me for free.
Yeah, I think all Vista systems need 1GB of memory to run well and I’m surprised to see so many vendors shipping systems with only 512MB. Heck, if my memory serves me correctly you need at least 1GB to run the Aero effects of Vista so users won’t even receive the best experience possible.
It is a little crazy when you do the math that way, but manufacturers are selling the Home Premium edition for a $50 upgrade from the Basic edition, so then if you wanted to upgrade to the Ultimate you would not be forking out $439 in total. The only time that would really happen is if you were purchasing the retail version and then upgrading which I definitely agree with you, Microsoft should offer some further discount if you have a retail version.