Microsoft endured a storm of Windows Vista, 2007, is often abused operating system, an analyst said today after reviewing company past earnings.

"At this stage it seems Microsoft put Vista behind it," says Allan Krans, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "People may not have been happy with it, but there were limited choices. For consumers, Vista was the default, and for business, they may have delayed buying new machines, but they still will pay Microsoft at some point. "

Microsoft's financial performance for its third fiscal quarter, which 31 March, and the fueling of its revenues, Windows 7, making it extent that the company survived the dark days of Vista, Kranz continues. "The best scenario for Microsoft to retain its leadership, and the results show it did just that, "he said.”This shows the strength of the market for Windows".

Microsoft on Thursday reported earnings of $ 4.01 billion, or 35% compared with During the same period a year earlier, on revenue of $ 14.5 billion, up 6%.

Windows 7 sales go to grow, "said Peter Klein, Chief Financial Officer for the company. "The high demand for Windows 7 is one of the main contributions to our work, "Klein said for the time of a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday afternoon. Sales of Windows for consumers were particularly fresh, with unit numbers up 35% compared to the same year, while business licenses increased by 15%. Klein "It's called Windows 7 Microsoft's fastest selling operating system ever," and claimed that 10% of computers in the world working in the new operating system.
Microsoft did not say how he came to this number, only referring internal and external audits. But the number of derision from the Web metrics vendor NetApplications, which measures the use of the operating system Share by tracking a reserve of about 160 million monthly unique visitors it monitors Web sites. According to NetApplications, Windows 7 is 10,2% of all operating systems, by the end of March.

"It's just hard to get around Microsoft", there Kranz, who was not surprised over the same period a year of transition to Windows 7 sales consumers. Instead, the attribute that increase to the licensing of Windows 7 quality - which has received mostly positive reviews - he said that it directly connected with the rise in PC sales. "His speech was largely due to the basic PC market," Kranz claimed. Although both consumers and businesses may have postponed purchases new PCs during the greater part of the reign of Vista, they seem to still buying mode. PC purchases to industry 25%, Microsoft said, Consumer PC sales by 30% and business PC buying 14%. Microsoft use assessment to boast that the increase in sales volume Windows licenses exceeded both of these numbers.

"The wave of technology raises a refreshing boat Microsoft, along with computer manufacturers, "said Kranz.

Cranes point 'has been reinforced by data from NetApplications. C Release Windows 7 in October, Windows XP has lost more than twice more share rapid growth of Windows 7 is probably not sustainable, "said Kranz. "After the wave of recession portable pent-up demand No, the hardware unit shipment numbers are likely to be addressed in a typical single-valued character of growth, taking double-digit earnings Windows growth with them, "he said. Windows 7 than Vista shows that users who XP kept their old PCs were particularly wanted to buy new machines.