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While Vista sold 20 million copies within its first month (double that of XP), Lion sold one million copies on its first day. Judging from those numbers, and ta
by schrototo 15y ago
While Vista sold 20 million copies within its first month (double that of XP), Lion sold one million copies on its first day. Judging from those numbers, and taking into account that Macs have a global market share of about 5% overall, I'd say Lion's doing pretty well.
- corin_ 15y agoI'm no expert in this area at all, and this is purely a theory: My impression is that Apple and MS users are quite different, in that when a new Mac OS comes out a far higher percentage of users are excited and wanting to upgrade, whereas when a new Windows comes out a far higher percentage of people are left thinking "I'll upgrade whenever I next buy a computer".
- cbs 15y agoNot to mention the HUGE price difference. I'd probably still be on Leopard if it wasn't for the fact upgrades are $6/seat.
- bmm6o 15y agoI remember my roommate going out and buying Windows 95 on release day (possibly even at midnight). Since then, my experience matches yours, but I'd be interested in seeing some numbers.