14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 was launched on July 29 and just like any other new Windows operating system, it was expected to boost PC sales, pretty much because users were supposed to be looking for new computers in order to make the most of new features.
This didn't happen, however, and notebook vendors were very cautious with their orders to factories, but it turns out that things are changing once again right now.
According to a report by DigiTimes, notebook vendors have become “aggressive” in placing orders because they expect demand for new devices to grow significantly in the coming months, as Windows 10 is gaining ground and new hardware, such as Intel's Skylake line of processors, is becoming available on more devices.
“Consumers have started purchasing Windows 10-based notebooks and inventory levels at retail channels are dropping,” the aforementioned site writes citing sources close to notebook vendors, while also adding that in the previous months, several manufacturers reduced their orders to 85 percent.
Why buy a new PC with Windows 10?
Windows 10 has exactly the same system requirements as Windows 7 and 8.1, so if you have a computer running any of these two OS versions, it should be able to cope with the new one pretty smoothly.
So with old hardware running Windows 10 so easily, one might wonder why the need to buy a new computer coming with this OS version from the very beginning.
We contacted Microsoft asking for an official answer and the company pointed to the number of features that require new hardware, such as Windows Hello, which works only with cameras that are available on new PCs (the upcoming Surface Pro 4, for instance, is very likely to feature such devices).
Other than that, it's hard to find a reason to purchase a new laptop or PC just for Windows 10, but hopefully, sales would improve in the coming months to also help Microsoft reach its goal of bringing the new OS on 1 billion devices by 2017.