Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Leopard in First Weekend

bbarnhart · Oct 30, 2007, 09:12 AM

That's a lot of big cats. Link

xUKHCx · Oct 30, 2007, 09:14 AM

Thats 500,000 per day or about 6 per second. Thats pretty good, are there any comparable numbers for Vista.

bbarnhart · Oct 30, 2007, 09:20 AM

It would only be fair to compare retail copies of Vista with retail copies of Leopard. No OEM sales.

scotthayes · 09:32 AM

Vista's first week sales, 59% less than XP... (boxed copies from retail stores)

Vista first week sales

Oh and the one thing that stunned me when I bought my copy of Leopard... The number of people buying a new Mac.

MacRumors · Oct 30, 2007, 10:21 AM

Apple announced today that they sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard on its opening weekend.

Quote:

"Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Leopard's innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac."

Leopard launched officially on Friday, October 26th at 6 p.m.

Article Link

JurgenWigg · Oct 30, 2007, 10:22 AM

Sweet! All reviews I've read have been positive so far, and I think this reflects that attitude.

ruckus · Oct 30, 2007, 10:24 AM

Same here. Once I can get out to pick it up I'll give it a shot.

cubbie5150 · Oct 30, 2007, 10:24 AM

I bought mine at the Barton Creek Apple store in Austin last Friday night (was in town visiting friends)....just couldn't wait until I got back home yesterday!

Mundy · Oct 30, 2007, 10:25 AM

Still waiting on the Up-To-Date DVD I ordered last Wednesday to arrive.

FF_productions · Oct 30, 2007, 10:25 AM

How many copies of Tiger sold in the first weekend? Anybody know?

twoodcc · Oct 30, 2007, 10:26 AM

awesome! won't be long til everyone is using leopard

iBecks · Oct 30, 2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JurgenWigg

Sweet! All reviews I've read have been positive so far, and I think this reflects that attitude.

I wonder how many of those 2 million didn't feel positive when their installation DVD didn't work or the installation finished and all they were left with was a blue screen?

donlphi · Oct 30, 2007, 10:26 AM

Wow... the HARDDRIVE manufacturers must be thrilled. Apple employees were pimping the Backup Drives pretty hard on Friday. I bet they sold a ton of them.

~Shard~ · Oct 30, 2007, 10:28 AM

Great news for Apple. I heard this report on BNN this morning as well, meaning that it's getting decent coverage, thereby resulting in more people talking and thinking about Macs - that's definitely a good thing.

siurpeeman · Oct 30, 2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by FF_productions

How many copies of Tiger sold in the first weekend? Anybody know?

i don't know specific numbers, but apple described leopard's weekend sales as "far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger."

davak · Oct 30, 2007, 10:29 AM

Even more importantly than the numbers is the discussion in the general population. It really feels like when Windows XP came out.

XP was a time when a lot of people really got excited about a new OS and helped to really drive Microsoft up to this point.

With the failure of vista, Leopard is really starting to get the interest of the blogosphere and the general population.

PlaceofDis · Oct 30, 2007, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FF_productions

How many copies of Tiger sold in the first weekend? Anybody know?

afaik that info was never released.

this is good news and shows a great adoption rate for leopard. Tiger and Panther probably never sold as well, but those updates were a lot closer together so it was easier and sometimes more practical for people to skip or wait it out longer, but the gap between Tiger>Leopard was a much longer wait and not surprisingly people jumped for the new OS.

arn · Oct 30, 2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by FF_productions

How many copies of Tiger sold in the first weekend? Anybody know?

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...r-at-2-million

Ars says it took a month to sell 2 million of Tiger

arn

kman34 · Oct 30, 2007, 10:30 AM

You're right..I bought one and I'm sure a lot of other people did too.

~Shard~ · Oct 30, 2007, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donlphi

Wow... the HARDDRIVE manufacturers must be thrilled. Apple employees were pimping the Backup Drives pretty hard on Friday. I bet they sold a ton of them.

Good point - I betcha the CEO of Seagate sent Jobs a Thank-You card.

I've heard/read a couple blurbs on this news item already and both of them mentioned Time Machine specifically, so with that feature getting a lot of press, this will only result in good things for the external HDD manufacturers.

jholzner · Oct 30, 2007, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iBecks

I wonder how many of those 2 million didn't feel positive when their installation DVD didn't work or the installation finished and all they were left with was a blue screen?

Well, as far as the blue screen issue, you should check out this article. It is not Apples fault but APE, which is a non sanctioned piece of software.

[edit] the article has been updated to point out that some reports of the blue screen issue didn't involve ape. Still an interesting read.

Digitalclips · Oct 30, 2007, 10:31 AM

Has anyone tried making a clone of there Time Machine back up yet? So far it has failed with Finder, Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper.

You may think I am crazy to want to copy a back up; but the first back up is very slow (once done it is fast) and I wanted to experiment with Airport Extreme Wi Fi backup. In case i screwed up the first backup done directly (a way to get APE to work we think) in testing this theory I tried to clone it but no dice.

If anyone knows how to let me know

MiGiGee · Oct 30, 2007, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donlphi

Wow... the HARDDRIVE manufacturers must be thrilled. Apple employees were pimping the Backup Drives pretty hard on Friday. I bet they sold a ton of them.

I arrived at the Apple store at 7pm and there was only, like, 4 hard drives left on the floor. I don't know if they just didn't have time to restock at that point, but they were obviously selling.

~Shard~ · Oct 30, 2007, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arn

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...r-at-2-million

Ars says it took a month to sell 2 million of Tiger

arn

Wow, that's significant. I had no idea there would be such a differential between the 2 releases. Great for Apple!

koobcamuk · Oct 30, 2007, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arn

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...r-at-2-million

Ars says it took a month to sell 2 million of Tiger

arn

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Shard~

Wow, that's significant. I had no idea there would be such a differential between the 2 releases. Great for Apple!

It's good, but I think this is more important:

As a total percentage of estimated mac users at the time - has 10.5 outsold 10.4 on opening release?

i.e. there are more users now - what percentage bought 10.5?
there were less users back when 10.4 was released - what percentage bought that in the same time frame?

Oct 30, 2007, 09:12 AM	#1
bbarnhart macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Stilwell, Kansas	Apple Sells 2 Million Copies of Leopard That's a lot of big cats. Link

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scotthayes macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Birmingham, England	Vista's first week sales, 59% less than XP... (boxed copies from retail stores) Vista first week sales Oh and the one thing that stunned me when I bought my copy of Leopard... The number of people buying a new Mac. __________________ "Go ugly early" Last edited by scotthayes : Oct 30, 2007 at 09:32 AM.

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bbarnhart Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Stilwell, Kansas	It would only be fair to compare retail copies of Vista with retail copies of Leopard. No OEM sales.

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~Shard~ macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1123.6536.5321	Great news for Apple. I heard this report on BNN this morning as well, meaning that it's getting decent coverage, thereby resulting in more people talking and thinking about Macs - that's definitely a good thing. __________________ My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. - J. Brotherton

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davak macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2007	Buzz over Numbers Even more importantly than the numbers is the discussion in the general population. It really feels like when Windows XP came out. XP was a time when a lot of people really got excited about a new OS and helped to really drive Microsoft up to this point. With the failure of vista, Leopard is really starting to get the interest of the blogosphere and the general population.

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Digitalclips macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sarasota, Florida	Has anyone tried making a clone of there Time Machine back up yet? So far it has failed with Finder, Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper. You may think I am crazy to want to copy a back up; but the first back up is very slow (once done it is fast) and I wanted to experiment with Airport Extreme Wi Fi backup. In case i screwed up the first backup done directly (a way to get APE to work we think) in testing this theory I tried to clone it but no dice. If anyone knows how to let me know

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