Seattle: Consumer sales of Windows-powered personal computers fell 21 per cent overall last month, figures released by a leading retail research firm showed on Thursday, indicating a lacklustre debut for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system.
Many in the industry said Windows 8 might revive slack PC sales, but a report by NPD Group, which tracks computer sales weekly using data supplied by retailers, dampened those hopes.
On the same day, Microsoft announced pricing for its latest device designed to break Apple's stranglehold on the tablet and lightweight laptop market. It is offering the Surface tablet running the full version of Windows 8 from $899, pitching it somewhere between Apple's latest iPad and MacBook Air laptop.
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