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Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gets Three Million Downloads In 4 Days

Posted by samzenpus on from the busy-servers dept.

hypnosec writes "Apple has announced that its latest Mac OS X version, Mountain Lion, has had three million downloads in just four days thereby making it the most successful OS in Cupertino's history. Philip Schiller, iPhone maker's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said, 'Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever.'"

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  1. Re:Actual title should be by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever."

    or?

    We were all very eager for a path forward that offered fixes and completion for Lion's half-realized and sometimes infuriating design / implementation choices. :-)

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  2. Re:senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish we had that. I'd be High Potentate And Head Muckety Muck.

    No, wait... SENIOR High Potentate And Head Muckety Muck.

  3. Re:Actual title should be by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just poking MS with a stick to amuse yourself?

    It's the simple things that make you smile.