In four weeks, Microsoft managed to sell 40 million Windows 8 licenses This does not mean that the world existed and the same number of users. That's not far. Most sales are in fact on conscience computer manufacturers.

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Microsoft per month sold 40 million copies of Windows 8

Approximately 15 million users around the world already have on your computer or tablet installed a new operating system from Microsoft. Most copies of the new Windows 8 so they are in stock at computer manufacturers who install them on the new machine. In addition, one can assume that of those 15 million users will have a significant portion of the installed version, for which he paid. They can be either still functional pre-release, or Windows 8 running on probation.

Calculated on the number of PC owners in the world, and now, according to research firm StatCounter runs Windows 8 approximately 1 to 1.5 percent of them. A brief comment on successful sales Microsoft has published on his blog.

Although opinions were circulated on the failure of Windows 8, Microsoft this approach compared to successful market entry with previous Windows 7 "Sevens" is regarded as a fastest selling operating system of all time.

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The difference between a successful version 7 and 8, but of course there is. Windows 8 because they are also available at a very reasonable price (about 800 dollars) an upgrade for anyone who uses an older operating system from Microsoft. And these upgrades into that venerable firm total number counts as well. In contrast, in Windows 7 similarly generous offer was available.

Also encouraging is the increasing number of applications for the new Windows 8 interface, namely for the Windows platform for Table RT. In total, the Microsoft Store currently approximately 20,000 applications. Many of them are free. Those that are sold, but they are sometimes on sale for a higher price than for example for Android

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