Analyst claims retailers are satisfied with Windows 10 sales

Sep 25, 2015 21:05 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft introduced Windows 10 on July 29 together with a wide array of new devices running the operating system in order to give people more choices and encourage them to upgrade.

And it turns out that this strategy is paying off, as retailers are already seeing strong sales of Windows 10 in the first 50 days on the market.

Analyst Brendan Barnicle is quoted as saying by Benzinga that 28 PC retailers in the United States have revealed increasing Windows 10 sales, with 17 percent of them pointing out that, so far, sales of the operating system have been “higher than expected.”

Surprisingly, despite the increasing sales of Windows 10, PC inventories have declined, which could be a sign that tablets are also selling very well these days.

Windows 10 is an operating system that's focused on more devices at the same time, targeting PCs, tablets, and smartphones and offering features for each of them.

Windows 10 on tablets

As far as tablets are concerned, for example, Windows 10 comes with a dedicated tablet mode that converts the desktop from a mouse and keyboard-friendly environment into a touch-optimized UI. The Start menu transforms into a Start screen keeping the very same configuration, while buttons and desktop features are larger to be accessed with the finger.

Microsoft hasn't updated its Windows 10 adoption stats, and the company previous said that 75 million PCs had installed the operating system by early September. This figure was expected to reach 100 million by the end of the month, and analysts forecast an even stronger performance, as Microsoft completed its compatibility tests and released the upgrade to more PCs.

Windows 10 was rolled out in stages, so some PC users had to wait longer than others to get the free upgrade. Microsoft first scanned computers for compatibility issues and delayed the install until all these problems got fixed, thus ensuring a smooth transition to the new OS.

We've reached out to Microsoft to ask for some updated figures and will update the article, should we get them.