4 Million Windows 8 Copies Since Launch

On sale for less than a week, Microsoft's latest software offering, Windows 8, has sold more than four million upgrade copies alone, according to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer speaking at the BUILD conference in Seattle.He also said the Seattle, WA.-based company is also seeing strong interest from business and enterprise users, and that Windows 8 was even outselling the software's predecessor, Windows 7, during the same period after launch in July 2009.

This was even more shocking:

Ballmer was not willing to disclose anything on the record about how well the latest operating system was selling. However, the software giant threw open the doors on at least one key metric.

Read more: Microsoft: Four million Windows 8 upgrades sold since launch | ZDNet

 

[pparks1]

I have no trouble believing consumer interest because of low prices, but I wonder who these enterprises are that are rolling it out. Maybe they are just counting those with enterprise agreements with software assurance.

 

[Fredledingue]

Everybody will use W8. Nobody will use Metro.

 

[pparks1]

Everybody will use W8. Nobody will use Metro.

Well I haven't decided to make the move so maybe not everybody

 

[area 66]

I use the Metro PDF reader, it's not that I like it that much, but I hate to install the Adobe one.

 

[Rickkins]

I wouldn't put much stock in stats that emanate from microsoft.

 

[Coke Robot]

I wouldn't put much stock in stats that emanate from microsoft.

Like over 600 million licenses sold for Windows 7?

 

[mdmd]

Everybody will use W8. Nobody will use Metro.

I use it everyday.

 

[ivy8]

I use the Metro PDF reader, it's not that I like it that much, but I have to install the Adobe one.

Adobe is 100% rubbish. Get PDF X Change viewer.

Still not surprised. 8 is here. It will be the main focus from now on, and 7 will be increasingly marginalized. I already have a laptop whose support ends at 7. I think I'll chuck it and get a Win 8 Pro tablet.

 

[BillWindows]

Everybody will use W8. Nobody will use Metro.

Lets see, Windows 7 click on start menu, find program ,click on program, boot onto desktop.

Windows 8 click on tile, boot onto desktop.

Metro app click on tile, boot up.

 

[Fredledingue]

mdmd, Yes but you are mdmd. I guess Coke Robot uses Metro daily too. Right?

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BillWindows. What do you mean by Windows 7 click on start menu, find program ,click on program, boot onto desktop?

 

[Hopachi]

I use the Metro PDF reader, it's not that I like it that much, but I have to install the Adobe one.

Adobe is 100% rubbish. Get PDF X Change viewer.

Still not surprised. 8 is here. It will be the main focus from now on, and 7 will be increasingly marginalized. I already have a laptop whose support ends at 7. I think I'll chuck it and get a Win 8 Pro tablet.

:thumb:
You took the words right out of my mouth...

Adobe became bloated and they don't have a x64 alternative yet.
PDF X Change does.

And works great.

 

[pparks1]

Gosh, I haven't load an Adobe acrobat product in probably 5 years now.

 

[Fredledingue]

I even succeeded in making my PC totaly Adobe free! (most difficult part was removing all registry keys). Thought I must have Adobe Flash installed by now... Well,... ok... that was before YouTube became the only video format available on the internet.

 

[BillWindows]

mdmd, Yes but you are mdmd. I guess Coke Robot uses Metro daily too. Right?

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BillWindows. What do you mean by Windows 7 click on start menu, find program ,click on program, boot onto desktop?

i thought everyone missed the start menu because it takes so long to find a programme, whereas in Metro it's just bang and you're there. I suppose people just miss rummaging through all the menus and stuff.

 

[area 66]

typo mistake, I hate to install Adobe , not I have to install Adobe

 

[Fredledingue]

i thought everyone missed the start menu because it takes so long to find a programme, whereas in Metro it's just bang and you're there. I suppose people just miss rummaging through all the menus and stuff.

No, we miss the Start Menu because we used to find the Control Panel and the Shut Down button there, to name only two things. Later on MS released an update of the customer preview with an erzats of Start Menu containing some useful features.

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But using the Start Menu to find programs has never been fast because poeple never learn how to arrange it to work with it efficiently. But you have the same problem with Metro. If you let it as is and never tide it up, it become as much a mess as any other Start Menu. Metro Start Screen is maybe easier to clear and arrange, and faster. But it's also a different thing. The Start Menu has never been used on a daily basis. It was just to find stuffs not present on the Desktop and rarely used.

 

[Coke Robot]

i thought everyone missed the start menu because it takes so long to find a programme, whereas in Metro it's just bang and you're there. I suppose people just miss rummaging through all the menus and stuff.

No, we miss the Start Menu because we used to find the Control Panel and the Shut Down button there, to name only two things. Later on MS released an update of the customer preview with an erzats of Start Menu containing some useful features.

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But using the Start Menu to find programs has never been fast because poeple never learn how to arrange it to work with it efficiently. But you have the same problem with Metro. If you let it as is and never tide it up, it become as much a mess as any other Start Menu. Metro Start Screen is maybe easier to clear and arrange, and faster. But it's also a different thing. The Start Menu has never been used on a daily basis. It was just to find stuffs not present on the Desktop and rarely used.

Actually, if you use the Charms bar, you find the power options as well as the Control Panel with a few Control Panel items relevant to the Desktop.

The main thing with the Start Screen is that yes, it's easier and better to arrange. It's also a visual UI that people will learn to figure out how to arrange. The other thing is that the Start Screen isn't the start menu. You can't take a new UI and make it act like the old.

 

[BillWindows]

i thought everyone missed the start menu because it takes so long to find a programme, whereas in Metro it's just bang and you're there. I suppose people just miss rummaging through all the menus and stuff.

No, we miss the Start Menu because we used to find the Control Panel and the Shut Down button there, to name only two things. Later on MS released an update of the customer preview with an erzats of Start Menu containing some useful features.

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But using the Start Menu to find programs has never been fast because poeple never learn how to arrange it to work with it efficiently. But you have the same problem with Metro. If you let it as is and never tide it up, it become as much a mess as any other Start Menu. Metro Start Screen is maybe easier to clear and arrange, and faster. But it's also a different thing. The Start Menu has never been used on a daily basis. It was just to find stuffs not present on the Desktop and rarely used.

You've answered my main point, you yourself say Metro is easier to clear and arrange and faster and you originally said you didn't like it, what's not to like.
I actually find Windows 8 a lot easier, everything is at the sides and immediately in front of you. I think the biggest problem at the start was convincing the oldies that this isn't a two headed monster, but most of them seem to be coming around.
i think this is an exciting time in the tech world, I love change, I get bored to death with the same thing over and over, I can't even drive the same way home everyday.

 

[R0bR]

But using the Start Menu to find programs has never been fast because poeple never learn how to arrange it to work with it efficiently.

Really? You know this how, you've done studies on how people use the Start Screen since W8 was release a week ago? Or are you just stating your opinion as fact as you often do?