While some analytical data suggest that the operating system Windows 8 is gradually winning over the place in the North American computer users, research does not suggest that the pace of platform expansion is large enough to talk about success.
In particular, in Western Europe, Windows 8 captures the market much slower than its predecessor, especially in the corporate segment.
In the month following the announcement of Windows 8, the operating system was registered in 52% of new computers sold in the region. At the time, Windows 7 in the same period after the announcement was able to gain 58% .
Characteristically, in the corporate segment, Windows 7 in the first period after the announcement made control over 31% of the market, and now interested in Windows 8, only 8% of business users who buy new computers. Interestingly, the touch interface of Windows 8 so far attracted more private consumers in November to share the platform had 68% of sales, while Windows 7 in the same period in 2009 achieved only a 65 percent share.