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OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

ChristianJapan said:
for me 3 out of 3 million; one laptop from my wife and two virtual instances to go ... happy sofar
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You can just download once, extract the install file, and put it on a USB key, or make a bootable partition on a external drive. Saves lots of time (and bandwidth) to do it that way.

Additionally, you have a bootable disk for doing restores / system work if you get into a pinch.
 
The issue with windows is it takes so long for their key user bases to adapt their systems to the latest Microsoft Operating system. My old school was using Windows 2000 until 2006. They then upgraded to Windows Xp until I left in 2009, when I went to college the IT department there was still on XP, thankfully though I used OS X Snow Leopard as I was a media student on the iMacs.

Now I'm at University most of the computers in the library are either using Xp or Vista. Doesn't bother me since I always use my MBP. Its the same with corporate environments, it takes them maybe 3 or 4 years before they update their systems. I can imagine Windows 8 being a huge hit on the new tablets, but I cant see it taking off really well in an office/corporate environment, when people are so use to the typical desktop with a start menu etc.

Apple users on the other hand actually get excited about a new OS update and are generally wanting to be one of the first to get it ASAP.
 
DavisCollins said:
You are delusional if you really think that.
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Umm, no, the Windows market is FAR bigger than that for OS X so of course Windows 8 is (almost) certainly going to move a lot more units than Mountain Lion. The last figure I saw had around 85 Million PC's sold in a quarter, and that's without the benefit of something shiny and new to play with.

Now if you want to talk percentage of the installed base that's a very different thing indeed...
 
Sticking OS upgrades front and center in the App Store must help a lot. It's cheap enough to buy on a whim.. Really good way to make it convenient and get the word out to people.

I've been running it since the DPs and it's not caused any problems. I'm happy to see it do well after so many naysayers. I'm a heavy launchpad user too.
 
Seems to be less buggy out of the gate than Lion. I find myself using my aging MBP more than my 'new' iPad now. I'm probably in the minority, but I don't think that was Apple's intention. :rolleyes:
 
Well it is only $19.99 so why not upgrade. I think that is the point of these more incremental updates is that people are much more incline to update when you only pay $19.99 vs $120.00. You have numbers and then you have numbers that don't tell the whole story.
 
Bit of a biased report as we can't compare day 4 downloads to day 1 downloads. According to the numbers they're showing, Lion was arguably more successful on launch.
 
smiddlehurst said:
Umm, no, the Windows market is FAR bigger than that for OS X so of course Windows 8 is (almost) certainly going to move a lot more units than Mountain Lion. The last figure I saw had around 85 Million PC's sold in a quarter, and that's without the benefit of something shiny and new to play with.

Now if you want to talk percentage of the installed base that's a very different thing indeed...
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You are missing the point he is trying to make. No doubt Windows will sell more than OS X. He is saying that no way will Windows sell 3 Million copies in 4 Days.
 
Vaga8ond said:
Well it is only $19.99 so why not upgrade. I think that is the point of these more incremental updates is that people are much more incline to update when you only pay $19.99 vs $120.00. You have numbers and then you have numbers that don't tell the whole story.
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For some it is not about the price, but the stability. If you use your Mac as a professional or have mission critical applications, you need test it out on another machine or partition beforehand.
 
840quadra said:
You can just download once, extract the install file, and put it on a USB key, or make a bootable partition on a external drive. Saves lots of time (and bandwidth) to do it that way.

Additionally, you have a bootable disk for doing restores / system work if you get into a pinch.
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thanks, will try that next time; i did it for Lion last time but also didn't had an USB stick around this time. :)

it also just take around 8 min to download; not soo bad ;)
 
Would love to be included, but not for me.. I'm still waiting for the up to date program to kick in (past 72hrs nada from Apple):mad:

Thanks for the :confused::apple:
 
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