Windows 7 targets 300 Million Sold Copies in 2010

Windows 7 has been a great success for Microsoft, You might have read earlier on my blog that Microsoft Windows 7 Sold over 90 million copies in the first four months of the official release. Its no big deal if the company sets out to get somewhat 300 million in 2010. To be precise, Microsoft has officially announced the sales target for Windows 7 for the year 2010 to be 300 million. This was announced by Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer when speaking at the CeBIT in Hanover, Germany on March4, 2010.

When you think about Windows 7, the most successful operating system we’ve ever released in our history. It’s the highest-quality operating system we’ve ever released in our history,” Turner said. “This year they will sell 300-plus million PCs. That’s what the forecast is. You know what, Windows will be on 300 million of those PCs this year and that’s an incredible statement to that particular product and the opportunity that we have to continue to work with customers and end users and consumers, as well as refresh the desktops for enterprises.”

“The PC industry will be overwhelmingly driven by mobile PCs, thanks to strong home growth in both emerging and mature markets,” George Shiffler, research director at Gartner, explained. “Mini-notebooks are again forecast to boost mobile PC growth in 2010, but their contribution is expected to decline noticeably afterward, as they face growing competition from new ultra-low-voltage (ULV) ultraportables and next-generation tablets. Desk-based PC shipment growth will be minimal and limited to emerging markets.”

“We expect mobile PCs to drive 90 percent of PC growth over the next three years,” Shiffler added. “In 2009, mobile PCs accounted for 55 percent of all PC shipments; by 2012, we expect mobile PCs to account for nearly 70 percent of shipments.”