Samsung: 'Windows 8 is no better than Vista'

A senior director of the company said that Windows 8 failed to rebuild the computer industry.

Jun Dong-soo, Samsung's director of memory chip manufacturing, emphasized that sales of computers sold were completely improved thanks to Windows 8. He said Microsoft was still struggling with the demand for Surface tablet. The new Windows operating system, while before, an attempt to cooperate on ultrabook between the "software giant " and Intel did not bring success.

Samsung believes that Windows 8 has failed to "promote" the computer market.
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According to Jun Dong-soo, the reason is that Windows 8 is a less competitive platform . Samsung's representative confirmed: " After Windows 8 was released, the global computer industry was gradually shrinking. I think Windows 8 is not better than Windows Vista ."

At the end of November last year, after Microsoft announced that it sold 40 million copies of Windows 8, the NDP Research market research firm said the operating system failed. NDP Research analysts said that Windows 8 did not create a " push" for the computer market showing signs of falling.

Specifically, the number of computers running Windows sold in October 2012 decreased by 21% compared to the same period in 2010. Even Stephen Baker, an analyst of the company, also identified the investment in the The tablet and touch computer models running Windows 8 are like a meaningless bet for Microsoft.

As predicted by Jun Dong-soo, the PC industry in the future will be gradually eliminated. Data from market research firm of IDC has announced that the number of computers shipped this year will only increase by 1.3% (equivalent to 345.8 million units) instead of 2.8% as expected. previously guessed, signaling the dominance of mobile devices.

Therefore, Samsung will focus on the memory chip market, instead of operating in the field of mobile chips for smartphones and tablets.