"Old Yang, how is it going?" Lei Jun came to work in the afternoon and asked Yang Yuanqing.
"It's the first day of sales. What can you tell? But the sales in North America had started, and Microsoft's sales there are doing well. "
The biggest sales for this operating system is the pre-installed system, followed by the sales of the operating system disks. The manufacturers still have not calculated the sales figures for the day. Furthermore, they might not be able to tell anything from the first day.
The sales figures of the major PC manufacturers do not represent anything. It will take some time before they can tell who has the upper hand.
It's like two new movies being released at the same time. The first day's box office might not be the final box office. It also depends on the reputation of the movie.
The first day's box office will be affected by the marketing. Basically, the one with better marketing channels will win on the first day.
After a week, the sales will return to normal, and it will depend on the reputation of the movie to determine the winner.
Many of the companies had started off strong and broke a series of records. But in the end, their performance was average or even disappointing. There were also some companies that did not do well at the start, but in the end, they performed better.
However, even though this was the theory, as the person involved, not many people could remain so calm.
Actually, those manufacturers are also worried. Because of the new operating system, their PC's prices had also been adjusted. Most of the PCs are pre-installed with the home version, and the prices are not high.
Hua Xia's PC is priced the same, 399 RMB. In North America, it is 59 USD, and Europe is 59 Euros. In other major markets, the prices are about the same.
Microsoft's previous operating system is several times more expensive than Lenovo Kingsoft. This time, Lenovo Kingsoft will not compete with Microsoft on price because their brand and technologies are on par with Microsoft. They will not lower their profits.
Because Microsoft is introducing a new operating system, all the PCs with old operating systems are being cleared, especially XP. There are no more pre-installed systems. Vista and XOS are being sold at lower prices, and they are not out of the market yet.
This is equivalent to the prices of the same version of the same operating system, and those manufacturers are worried that their products will not sell well. What if the consumers still want to buy the cheaper PC?
The clearance of the outdated operating system also made some adjustments to their sales. For example, they reduced the number of new products.
Currently, these main operating systems do not have any hardware upgrades, and no one knows if the consumers will accept it.
The impact of the economic crisis in Europe and the United States had not passed, and the market had not recovered yet. If they shipped a large number of goods at this time, what would happen if they could not sell well?
These PC manufacturers' gross profits were less than 10%, and some of them were even less than 8%. If the sales were sluggish, the pressure on their funds would be very serious. They were also a little worried.
Now, Microsoft has a competitor, and the economy is not doing well. All the PC manufacturers approached Microsoft and got it to lower their retail prices.
They hoped that the difference in market share between the two parties would not be too large. This way, the PC manufacturers would be able to take the initiative.
It would be better if Lenovo Group did not intervene. But there are no ifs.
Major PC manufacturers were also particularly concerned about the sales of the same products with different operating systems. They even secretly joined forces to try to balance the market.
But there are some problems with this balance. Even if they can achieve a balance, some manufacturers will only produce Microsoft operating systems like Sony, and some manufacturers will only produce Lenovo Kingsoft operating systems like Lenovo. They wanted balance, but this kind of PC brand that only made one system would break this balance.
Other than Lenovo Group, Hua Xia's other brands are also introducing two operating systems. This made Qiu Bojun and Lei Dajun very angry.
To them, if Lenovo Group did not give in to them, how can those brands develop?
Now, you all are helping those overseas companies to snatch the market share from us. Don't you think this is a betrayal?
In China, there were many imported brands selling PC with Win7 installed. Lenovo Group can use their strong sales channels, cost advantage, and targeted advertising to suppress all these brands.
But if the domestic brands also use the same methods to suppress them, those domestic brands will be finished. It will be hard for them to enter China, and they can only rely on Hua Xia's market share. If this market share is gone, their company will be finished.
Destroying their own country's brands is not a good thing to say.
"Old Yang, you should talk to China and the other domestic manufacturers. You can't do this." Lei Dajun felt Yang Yuanqing was too kind. When necessary, he should be more forceful.
If those domestic brands do not know what's good for them, Feng Yu will let them experience the same treatment as those overseas brands. He will let them know why Lenovo is the industry leader!
"I know. I will talk to them again. Since you are here, I will go back first. I want to see how Lenovo's sales are. "
Lei Dajun sat down and opened his L-Pad. He immediately logged into their office system to check the real-time sales statistics.
Those manufacturers still have not reported back their sales figures, but their CD sales in their stores will be updated at any time. Especially those paid downloads on their websites. This is the easiest way to calculate.
Discs and the like could still be returned, but this paid download, under normal circumstances, could not be returned. After you download it, you will see the activation code. How can you return it?
Lenovo Kingsoft's official website has more than 50,000 downloads.
Lenovo Group's official website also has close to 50,000 downloads.
Some PC manufacturers' affiliate downloads are also reflected on the official website. None of them had more than 10,000 downloads. Obviously, they did not do enough to promote their products.
But Lei Dajun does not care about those channels. The most important channel is the software park.
Lei Dajun rubbed his eyes when he saw the number of downloads in the software park. Am I dreaming?
One, two, three, six digits. The number of downloads is more than 180,000!
Lei Dajun quickly picks up the phone. "How many paid downloads of Microsoft's Windows 7 are there now?"
When you are calculating your own sales, you must also pay attention to your peers. Lenovo Kingsoft has spies in Microsoft. Don't think some of the data cannot be seen.
"How many? Is it the total? Alright, before you get off work, you can compile the data again and send it to my QQ. "
After hanging up, Lei Dajun waved his hand.
Lenovo is in the lead, and it is not by a little. It is a lot.
Microsoft had calculated the number of paid downloads of Windows 7. It is just over 100,000, and it is only one-third of XOS 2.0's!
The gap is so obvious, and Lenovo's marketing is very effective. Now, Feng Yu can only wait and see how Microsoft responds!
… …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
