Microsoft's Windows 7 hits 600 million licenses sold

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    Microsoft's Windows 7 hits 600 million licenses sold


    Posted: 06 Jun 2012
    Windows 7's sales appear to be accelerating. In April 2011, Microsoft announced that it had sold 350 million Windows 7 licenses in the operating system's first 18 months of availability. In a little over a year, it has nearly doubled that figure, and according to Ballmer, will match it in just 12 months.
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    Microsoft's Windows 7 hits 600 million licenses sold | Microsoft - CNET News
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    06 Jun 2012



  1. Posts : 200
    Win-7 H-Prem-x64 Linux-M-Mate-x64
       #1

    thats cause windows 7 is XP but just updated... and to date i think windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft has released.. windows 8 is going to be another vista...
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  2. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Vista was only crappy at launch, as hardware was outdated, and 3rd party drivers weren't ready. Once SP1 came out, hardware was updated, mfg's were up to speed on drivers and Vista was pretty good. I don't see things improving after release of Windows 8. Unless we all get touchscreen displays by the time that SP1 comes out.
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  3. Posts : 1,533
    Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1
       #3

    Windows XP= Good

    Windows Vista= Better

    Windows 7= Best

    Windows 8= Fail

    People need to stop comparing Windows 8 to Vista. Atleast people could navigate Vista because it was similar to XP. Windows 8 is completely different and will be confusing for a lot of people. The snap feature in windows 8 is very bad compared to the way it was on Windows 7. Windows 8 should've been an improved Windows 7, not a redesign with 2 interfaces. Windows 8 will make your pc look like a tablet. You can't even put a wallpaper on Metro. I like Windows Vista, but not Windows 8.
    P.S. Windows 7 is really good. I'm not surprised that 600 million licenses were sold. It is a very good operating system.
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  4. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
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    There will be even more sales once new PC's start to ship with Windows 8 pre-installed, and people end up buying Windows 7 replace it.
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  5. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    ^ You typically have downgrade rights to use the previous versions of the OS if you choose to do so, after having purchased a new license.
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  6. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #6

    ^ That's good to know.
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  7. Posts : 1,326
    Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
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    windude99 said:
    Windows XP= Good

    Windows Vista= Better

    Windows 7= Best

    Windows 8= Fail

    People need to stop comparing Windows 8 to Vista. Atleast people could navigate Vista because it was similar to XP. Windows 8 is completely different and will be confusing for a lot of people. The snap feature in windows 8 is very bad compared to the way it was on Windows 7. Windows 8 should've been an improved Windows 7, not a redesign with 2 interfaces. Windows 8 will make your pc look like a tablet. You can't even put a wallpaper on Metro. I like Windows Vista, but not Windows 8.
    P.S. Windows 7 is really good. I'm not surprised that 600 million licenses were sold. It is a very good operating system.
    My thoughts exactly.
    Vista is a good OS, it's just a bit heavy on hardware minimum.
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    Windows 10 64bit
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    windude99 said:
    Windows XP= Good

    Windows Vista= Better

    Windows 7= Best

    Windows 8= Fail

    People need to stop comparing Windows 8 to Vista. Atleast people could navigate Vista because it was similar to XP. Windows 8 is completely different and will be confusing for a lot of people. The snap feature in windows 8 is very bad compared to the way it was on Windows 7. Windows 8 should've been an improved Windows 7, not a redesign with 2 interfaces. Windows 8 will make your pc look like a tablet. You can't even put a wallpaper on Metro. I like Windows Vista, but not Windows 8.
    P.S. Windows 7 is really good. I'm not surprised that 600 million licenses were sold. It is a very good operating system.
    so true,couldn't of said it better.I say 7 is the best OS out yet and vista is ok but i prefer xp over vista and i prefer 7 over xp and 8 i just don't like it.
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  9. Posts : 710
    Win7 Pro x64
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    windude99 said:
    You can't even put a wallpaper on Metro.
    I read this elsewhere and thought it was just another conspiracykeanu joke. Holy sheet.
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