Nevertheless, the free upgrade program for Windows 10 is not without side effects. Reporting from Technology News, stated that the free upgrade program has an impact on the global PC sales figures. Moreover, according to data from Gartner, PC sales figures in the first quarter in 2016 was down by 9.6%. Noted that in the first 3 months, as many as 6.58 million PC units managed and sold on the market.
In addition, data from IDC was also attributed to the fact that a higher decline. IDC
has noted that in the first quarter of 2016 there was a drop in PC
sales figures sebear 11.5% when compared to the same quarter in 2015
ago. In fact, were also reports that this decrease also occurred in many countries around the world, especially in America.
The data obtained is also an impact on policy Windos 10 Seara free upgrade offered by Microsoft. With
the enactment of a Microsoft program that causes the subscriber or user
of Windows earlier were reluctant to buy a new PC and prefer to take
advantage of a free program offered microsoft update. And of course, the policy is very bad impact on pernurunan Microsoft revenue from Windows. In
fact, Gargner also provide estimates that by 2016, Microsoft will
experience a decrease in revenue from Windows 7.5% .12 months from now,
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