Dell chief financial officer for the second consecutive quarter, blames Windows 8 in the limited interest of buyers to personal computers. According to analysts Group ISI, the observed decline in computers sales in the next three to five years may be exacerbated by 10-20%, but after that, the market will bottom out and stabilize.
So far, the investment community is hoping that demand for PCs will be heated : new operating systems Microsoft, emerging markets, pent-up demand for the modernization of the computer park . Dell pins hopes on increased demand in the second half of the year with new chipsets and OS upgrade to Microsoft Windows 8.1 version, which should be out in October.
In the capacity of Microsoft platform Dell firmly believe. One-third of corporate park is still using Windows XP, and after a hard move to Windows 7, there is no interest in Windows 8 due to Touch-screen interface, imposed by this operating system.