A Samsung executive this week likened Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system to Vista, the criticized OS put out by Redmond several years ago in between its far more successful Windows XP and Windows 7 platforms. Jun Dong-soo, director of Samsung's memory chip business. Jun told the Korea Times this weekend that "Windows 8 has failed to boost demand for Windows-based computers," according to a review of the Korean-language article by Forbes.
"The global PC industry is steadily shrinking despite the launch of Windows 8. I think the Windows 8 system is no better than the previous Windows Vista platform," Jun reportedly told South Korean media, according to tech site Mobile & Apps.
The Samsung executive was particularly concerned with the lack of an uptick in memory chip sales in spite of the release of a new Windows operating system, traditionally a major event that helps to boost sales of new PCs. Jun cited "market research" that "indicates global PC shipments are on the decline" and singled out disappointing sales of ultrabooks—the fast-booting, thin-and-light notebooks championed by Intel—as particularly worrisome.
