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[BajiRav]

Detection, on 27 November 2012 - 21:38, said:

Selling licenses does not make 8 a better OS imo

(this is not directed at you)
First it was: Nobody is going to buy Windows 8...it will be a disaster
Microsoft: Windows 8 sold 4M upgrades in first weekend
Then: How many were OEM? (4M upgrades you dumbass)
Then: Windows 8 fails internal projections
Microsoft: Windows 8 sells 40M in first month
Then: but Windows 7 is still fastest selling - Windows 8 is a FAIL! or These are OEM sales and sitting on shelves
blah blah

This is beyond funny.

[Wakers]

CSharp., on 27 November 2012 - 21:32, said:

So if it sold about the same number of licenses as Windows 7 did in the first month, how come the adoption rate is so much lower?

I'd imagine there's a large amount of people who bought the license at the ridiculously good upgrade price just so they have it for later.

[neufuse]

BajiRav, on 27 November 2012 - 21:49, said:

(this is not directed at you)
First it was: Nobody is going to buy Windows 8...it will be a disaster
Microsoft: Windows 8 sold 4M upgrades in first weekend
Then: How many were OEM? (4M upgrades you dumbass)
Then: Windows 8 fails internal projections
Microsoft: Windows 8 sells 40M in first month
Then: but Windows 7 is still fastest selling - Windows 8 is a FAIL! or These are OEM sales and sitting on shelves
blah blah

This is beyond funny.

but as it stands right now windows 7 is still the fastest selling OS, that doesn't mean Win8 is doing bad

[Wakers]

One of the main reasons that Windows 7 sold so well was because of Vista being poor for anyone not on a mid-high end rig and XP being obsolete.

Obviously Windows 7 is still a fantastic operating system, so there isn't that desperation to upgrade to something better for most people. Especially when the new OS took a pretty undeserved beating from certain cretinous IT "pros" who react to change (in an ever changing industry) like someone who suffers from a nut allergy taking a bath in peanut butter.

[spudtrooper]

HEY PEOPLE, NO ONE SAID WINDOWS 7 WAS BAD.

We're just saying millions of people like Windows 8 - contrary to the vocal minority who wanted it to fail.

[Tom]

Astra.Xtreme, on 27 November 2012 - 21:29, said:

Pretty decent numbers. The ultimate test will be whether the numbers stay consistent moving forward.
Also, do these numbers include all the Surface tablets? The numbers are a little less impressive if it does (PC-wise).

Nope.

[AJerman]

~Johnny, on 27 November 2012 - 21:21, said:

Can we lol at Thurrott now? Pretty please?

I've been loling at Thurrott for years now. Join the party.

Oh, and just to **** you guys off more, Windows 8 is garbage!!

[BajiRav]

neufuse, on 27 November 2012 - 21:52, said:

but as it stands right now windows 7 is still the fastest selling OS, that doesn't mean Win8 is doing bad

right - my point being that some people will claim Windows 8 a disaster no matter what and that they have been proven wrong consistently at regular intervals.
example:
http://www.neowin.ne...t__p__595352932

[HoochieMamma]

I would be seriously surprised if it DIDN'T get this many sales at such a low price. Correct me if I'm wrong but 7 never sold for that low. People would have updated for the hell if it when getting a new laptop.

[BajiRav]

HoochieMamma, on 27 November 2012 - 22:06, said:

I would be seriously surprised if it DIDN'T get this many sales at such a low price. Correct me if I'm wrong but 7 never sold for that low. People would have updated for the hell if it when getting a new laptop.

I will correct you because you are wrong.

Windows 7 had free upgrades if you bought a PC after June, Windows 8 actually has $15 (i.e. Windows 8 is costlier)
Windows 7 had $50 promotional price, Windows 8 has $40 (not much difference OR 20% cheaper in Apple style to make it look larger)
Windows 7 had $150 family promotion much after launch, Windows 8 has none like that.
Windows 7 had a "full" version for sale, Windows 8 doesn't have it.

etc. etc.

[+Blank]

BajiRav, on 27 November 2012 - 22:09, said:

I will correct you because you are wrong.

Windows 7 had free upgrades if you bought a PC after June, Windows 8 actually has $15 (i.e. Windows 8 is costlier)
Windows 7 had $50 promotional price, Windows 8 has $40 (not much difference OR 20% cheaper in Apple style to make it look larger)
Windows 7 had $150 family promotion much after launch, Windows 8 has none like that.
Windows 7 had a "full" version for sale, Windows 8 doesn't have it.

etc. etc.

Anyone can get windows 8 for only $15, i did, Couldn't do the same for windows 7.

[mram]

spudtrooper, on 27 November 2012 - 21:33, said:

Windows 7 took 3 months to sell 60 million licenses. Windows 8 took 1 month to sell 40 Million.. i'm not sure HOW YOU can spin that as bad or "vista" like.

Where are you getting your numbers from?

Windows 7 cost 3 times as much as Windows 8 (edit: at it's highest possible price point) and the adoption rate was faster and higher by a significant margin.

If you're going to spout unsourced nonsense, well, you get what you give.

[BajiRav]

muggerfugger, on 27 November 2012 - 22:13, said:

Anyone can get windows 8 for only $15, i did, Couldn't do the same for windows 7.

Anyone can pirate anything, doesn't count.

[spudtrooper]

[Luis Mazza]

BajiRav, on 27 November 2012 - 22:09, said:

I will correct you because you are wrong.

Windows 7 had free upgrades if you bought a PC after June, Windows 8 actually has $15 (i.e. Windows 8 is costlier)
Windows 7 had $50 promotional price, Windows 8 has $40 (not much difference OR 20% cheaper in Apple style to make it look larger)
Windows 7 had $150 family promotion much after launch, Windows 8 has none like that.
Windows 7 had a "full" version for sale, Windows 8 doesn't have it.

etc. etc.

Windows 7 had free upgrades, it doesn't seem people are rushing for a Windows 8 upgrade.
Windows 7 at $50 promotional price? Never saw that, really. I guess you'd have to really look for someone who got this price.
Windows 7 family pack was never available in Brazil, for instance... nor promotional prices. It actually used to cost over $ 120,00 (upgrade) and $240 equivalent and I really believe Brazil is not the only country with such a high prices.
Windows 7 was very pirated, because it was very expensive.

So... It may be selling 40 million, but those numbers are financially much, much lower than Windows 7 or even Vista numbers, as those $40 discount prices are actually everywhere in world right now, not only in the US.