Whether or not this represents a lot of sales, the fact is there are plenty of Microsoft fanboys. They don't get ridiculed by the press the way Apple fanboys do

Whether or not this represents a lot of sales, the fact is there are plenty of Microsoft fanboys. They don't get ridiculed by the press the way Apple fanboys do, but the fact that people would queue for a new release of Windows back in the day is testament to it. Just as Apple can sell a buttload of products on day one but ultimately have a flop product, although we haven't seen such a flop in some time, so can Microsoft (Vista!).