Windows 7: 175 Million Copies Sold

[JMH]

As part of its quarterly and annual financial results released late last week, Microsoft announced that it had sold more than 175 million copies of Windows 7 through the third week of July. That milestone comes less than a month after the company's previous Windows 7 sales announcement, when the company revealed that 150 million units had been sold.

"With 175 million licenses sold to date, Windows 7 is the fastest-selling operating system ever and now runs on over 16 percent of all PCs worldwide," Microsoft COO Peter Klein said in a discussion with financial analysts. That means that Microsoft's new OS has an installed base several times larger than that of Windows' closest competitor, Apple's Mac.And it's only been available in the market for nine months.

According to Microsoft, Windows 7 is now selling at a rate of about 10 units every second. Put another way, Microsoft sells almost 1 million copies of Windows 7 every single day. (The company reported 25 million unit sales in the previous 25 days, for example.)

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Windows 7: 175 Million Copies Sold

 

[Petey7]

Thats it. Well, it hasn't been a year yet, so it might reach the 200 million mark before the end of October. I have a bet depending on it.

 

[JonM33]

Isn't that more than every Mac ever made and sold?

 

[bigseb]

Impressive!

 

[MatthewHirst]

Brilliant! Roll on the next windows OS.

 

[Layback Bear]

A new operating system put out by M/S won't happen when Windows 7 is selling so good. We will just have to wait a long time. We all belong to the Windows seven forum but we will just have to wait to joint the Windows 8 forum.

 

[Lordbob75]

A new operating system put out by M/S won't happen when Windows 7 is selling so good. We will just have to wait a long time. We all belong to the Windows seven forum but we will just have to wait to joint the Windows 8 forum.

Actually...
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Windows 8 Forums

~Lordbob

 

[freaky88]

my fat teacher told me bill gates saw that apple guy working on a computer and stole his idea

 

[Everlong]

my fat teacher told me bill gates saw that apple guy working on a computer and stole his idea

Watch the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley", that'll enlighten you

 

[freaky88]

my fat teacher told me bill gates saw that apple guy working on a computer and stole his idea

Watch the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley", that'll enlighten you

whats it about? pirates?

 

[Everlong]

my fat teacher told me bill gates saw that apple guy working on a computer and stole his idea

Watch the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley", that'll enlighten you

whats it about? pirates?

Lol, you could say that. It's about how Apple and Microsoft began, and how they both made their first couple of systems. It's a very good movie and you get to see who "stole" first etc.

 

[qballrail]

I'm actually quite impressed with this new OS. Despite a few minor issues with file sharing, it's a stable (so far) and fast system. I daresay, "Kudos to Microsoft!" They ACTUALLY did something RIGHT since DOS 5!

 

[DeaconFrost]

my fat teacher told me bill gates saw that apple guy working on a computer and stole his idea

That Apple Guy?? There is some truth to that, but Steve Jobs stole the idea for a UI from Xerox anyway.

Watch the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley", that'll enlighten you

Great movie...should be required viewing for anyone in the computer industry.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I'm ready for Windows 8, hurry up MS let's see it.