Windows 8 adoption will take a while, says Microsoft

November 29, 2012

Business adoption of Windows 8 won't happen overnight and will likely involve a gradual phasing in alongside Windows 7 rather than a wholesale enterprise-wide swap-out of one operating system for the other, according to Microsoft's chief marketing officer for Windows. Windows 8 represents a generational shift in how Microsoft regards the relationship among the operating system, hardware and applications that will take time for customers to understand and adapt to, says Tami Reller, who serves as CMO and CFO of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division. At the moment available hardware in retail stores and apps designed specifically for Windows 8 are still ramping up, Reller told analysts at the Credit Suisse technology conference, but they lag behind where they need to be. While there are some compelling Windows 8 hardware options for sale already, "It's not enough in our opinion. ... I think it's good but not great in terms of the full touch assortment," she told the conference. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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