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Cue	2012-05-13 , 07:57
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Originally Posted by volt

Ya, you don't need to be an analyst to come with that prediction. I.e., most people who'd want it to be a stronger tool would want a desktop OS like Windows 8, and many of those will end up thinking ARM is not good enough or i386 is too expensive. But many, many would want Windows simply because they recognize it from their their computer.

The survey shows interest, not future market share.

You are right it doesn't take an analyst but clearly the analyst who did this research did so pointlessly then. My main point was that the survey itself is both obvious and misleading to what possible actionable intelligence it provides. Windows 8 is an anomaly on that list since it doesn't state WoA, so people will confuse it with the x86 variant (which I assume was meant and what the survey expects you to infer). It's the only x86 OS listed in the survey. It's akin to a survey asking "what bike do you want" then listing a number of bicycles and one which people associate with a popular motorcycle. Different market, different needs, different price, it makes the survey pointless because these already exist yet do not really compete with the other. What actionable intelligence does that sort of comparison provide? yes it may show an interest in motorcycles but it didn't take a survey to show it. Nor does it prove a stronger interest in motorcycles over bicycles.

Basically you cannot come to any conclusion from this survey. It's pointless.