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Microsoft still selling more than 7 copies of Windows 7 per second
Microsoft just reported its quarterly earnings, and things are looking pretty good. The official Windows Blog reports that Windows 7 has hit 175 million licenses sold, which adds up to more than 7 copies EVERY SECOND since release. Wow! Looking at the overall picture, that means 16% of the world's personal computers are now running Windows 7 (and maybe more, if you account for illegal copies).
Microsoft is also excited that businesses -- the one market where Windows still thoroughly blows Apple away -- are buying new computers (and thus new Windows licenses) at a faster rate than ever. MS posted double-digit growth in business license sales this quarter.
I don't want to bring IE6 into this, but all these Windows 7 sales in the corporate world must mean an upgrade to the IE8 that comes with Windows 7, right? I sure hope so!
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Subscribe to commentsSimonJul 23rd 2010 3:05PM
> I don't want to bring IE6 into this, but all these Windows 7 sales in the corporate world must mean an upgrade to the IE8 that comes with Windows 7, right? I sure hope so!
Only if you don't count XP Mode. :3
FoiledJul 23rd 2010 3:11PM
I got to agree - that's a LOT of licenses sold for Windows 7.
N900Jul 23rd 2010 3:59PM
Grrr. I can't wait for my job to finally put 7 in our machines. I'm cool with Vista Enterprise, but dammit I want my upgrade too. =(
Making11sJul 23rd 2010 5:15PM
I work for a small business where I do the IT work, and next week I'm switching everyone over to Win7 Pro.
Android underlingJul 23rd 2010 6:28PM
The illegal copies are complete shit. My friend uses one and its buggy like you would never believe.
jimJul 24th 2010 11:44PM
Your friend needs to learn how to use piratebay if his "illegal copy" is "buggy".
RUGRLNJul 24th 2010 8:25AM
One of those was just me!! :)
BrianJul 25th 2010 7:31AM
In unrelated news pc manufactures say they have shipped nearly 175 million pcs since Win 7 launched.
Really, great os but if you have to buy a copy with a new machine then these numbers mean jack.
Mike RakhabbitAug 8th 2010 8:52PM
Nobody HAS to buy a machine with Windows. There's also something called Linux out there and something called a Mac. I'd say that those numbers are a lot more impressive than Apple's, where one TRULY has to buy a machine w/ their OS.