Windows 10 doesn't help sell new PCs, the CEO says
Windows 10 is alive and kicking and PCs running the new operating system are already up for grabs, but HP, which is one of Microsoft's partners and a company that hopes to see increased PC sales because of the new software, says that the free upgrade offer doesn't help much.
At least not now.
HP's PC chief, Dion Weisler, who will become the CEO of HP Inc., told
BI that offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade doesn't help too much when it comes to new PC sales because most customers prefer to get the operating system free of charge on their existing hardware rather than buying a new computer.
Windows 8 needs to go
Weisler also explained that early signs prove that Windows 10 adoption is going well, but he believes that Windows 8 needs to go dark before the new operating system becomes a hit.
