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40M Vista Licenses in 100 Days

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the allright-who-did-it dept.

Gary writes "In the first 100 days since its launch in Jan 30 Windows Vista has sold an astounding 40 million licenses. Bill Gates gives the credit to accelerating consumer shift to digital lifestyles which has made it the fastest selling operating system in history. Surprisingly the more expensive premium editions accounted for 78 percent of Vista sales. With around 400,000 licenses a day new Vista users will take 8 weeks to beat Mac users, 4 days to exceed Mac sales and 3 days to exceed Linux desktop users."

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  1. That's funny... by danpsmith · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since no one I know besides my oldest brother (who happens to have a knack for buying things that become duds) runs the OS or is even planning to upgrade.

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  2. I'm confused... by DogDude · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm confused... I thought that the official Slashdot Group Think said that Vista was a failure? What am I supposed to believe: facts, or Slashdot FUD? Decisions, decisions...

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  3. ...and 8 hours by u-bend · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...to switch back to XP when they can't get it to work properly. Sheesh. Many of these sales are forced on consumers wanting the beefiest x86 hardware, aren't they?

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  4. Re:Still doesn't say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    microsoft, duh

  5. at least 39M of those... by DoktorSeven · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Gates and Ballmer bought just to get this figure.

    No goddamn way Vista sold that many. Maybe bought by STORES to sell or preload on computers, but actual SALES? Not even possible.

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