OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

[MacRumors]

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Apple has announced that OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) downloads have exceeded three million in four days, "making it the most successful OS X release in Apple's history".

"Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.

Mountain Lion was released to the Mac App Store on July 25th for $19.99. In comparison, Apple announced one million downloads of OS X Lion (10.7) in the first day of its launch.

Article Link: OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

 

[genosseinski]

Love it so far!

especially dictation, Notification Center, Launchpad search and all these other little things I've encountered so far. And it's soooo zippy

 

[Z400Racer37]

this thing dusts microsoft in launches as a percentage of its user base. so awesome. most of my tech friends are still using XP lmao.

 

[kalsta]

It's either a great triumph for Mountain Lion… Or an admission that nobody was particularly attached to Lion.

 

[carl0sian]

Pretty good numbers. Downloaded 2x myself. Great upgrade!

 

[ryuok]

Windows 8 can do that too.

(in 4 years)

 

[madsci954]

Wish I was a part of that 3 million

 

[iCaleb]

I like the price.

 

[Queso]

Running it on both my MBP and my iMac. I had a small wake-from-sleep issue on the iMac which was resolved by resetting the SMC. Apart from that no issues at all. Everything works at least as well as it did under Lion

 

[togg]

bye bye Lion

 

[bigcat318]

My late 2008 MBP doesn't get some of the marquee features but I will admit it seems to run much faster/smoother now, especially safari. I didn't even do a clean install.

 

[Intarweb]

Windows 8 can do that too.

(in 4 years)

Windows 8 will do double that in half the time.

 

[Z400Racer37]

Wish I was a part of that 3 million

is your machine not compatible or something?

 

[DavisCollins]

Windows 8 will do double that in half the time.

You are delusional if you really think that.

 

[Jayse]

Glad i contributed 4 of that 3 million figure

 

[Rhuantavan]

It's installed and running. But Apple, now go and fix all those bugs.

 

[Aidyn's X]

bye bye Lion

I still have nothing to complain about with Lion (except maybe the handling of full screen with two monitors). I can't upgrade my iMac to ML but I am not all that disappointed about that. Lion runs great. Mountain Lion just makes Lion that much better.

Also, people complain about how Mountain Lion is not revolutionary and Apple are out of ideas but then in the same breath say how it is SOO much better than being stuck with Lion. I'm confused.

I know this is probably not what you meant by your post, I am still venting from reading some posts in another forum.

 

[iPhisch]

does that count the 7 downloads I performed before I actually got my ML to work properly?

 

[Aussi3]

Golf claps

 

[madsci954]

is your machine not compatible or something?

Extra tight budget for the next couple weeks

 

[ChristianVirtual]

for me 3 out of 3 million; one laptop from my wife and two virtual instances to go ... happy sofar

 

[joemod]

this thing dusts microsoft in launches as a percentage of its user base. so awesome. most of my tech friends are still using XP lmao.

16 euros vs 200-300. No wonder.

 

[Sensation]

this thing dusts microsoft in launches as a percentage of its user base. so awesome. most of my tech friends are still using XP lmao.

But in numbers Windows 8 will wipe the floor with this, and at the end of the day numbers = money ahh yea.

 

[gibbz]

Running flawlessly on two Mac Pros and a MacBook Air. Love it!

 

[nefan65]

Installed it on a 2010 MBP and 2007 iMac. No go for our late '06 MB

So far, so good. Great update, considering the cost.