Analysts estimated sales of Windows 8

According to research by Net Applications, at the end of the first quarter 2013 sales of Windows 8 have increased from 2.79% to 3.31%.

Moreover, despite the fact that Windows 7 previously suffered losses, it grows again with a share changed from 44.55% to 44.73%. Market share of Windows Vista dropped to 5%, according to the portal thenextweb.com.

Analysts have seen a rapid growth in sales of Windows 8, which they had hoped. The share of Windows 7 in March increased, while last month it grew by only 0.07%, and in January - has fallen by 0.63%, the first failure in the market after the operating system on the market. The experts also noted a drop in sales of Windows Vista 5.17% to 4.99%.

Microsoft profits fall 22% before the release Windows 8

The world's largest software maker Microsoft today announced the receipt of quarterly results below estimate amid falling sales of new computer equipment, as well as the expectations of the market due to the release of the new flagship product Windows and Office.

Net sales declined to 4.47 billion dollars, or 53 cents a share, from 5.74 billion dollars, or 68 cents per share for the period July-September 2011. The actual results of the company were below Wall Street expectations. The company's sales fell by almost 8% to 16.0 billion dollars, compared with expectations at $ 16.4 billion.

The basic unit of Microsoft, is busy working on the operating system Windows, faced with the negative impact of declining demand for new PCs and notebooks, as well as a custom shift in demand towards tablets and smartphones. On the eve of analyst firm Gartner has published quarterly results in the PC market, saying that sales are down by 8.3% to 87.5 million units.