Might want to check your math there.
EDIT: GenesisST beat me to it
come on, just factor 1000 off; not too bad, close enough
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OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days
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come on, just factor 1000 off; not too bad, close enough
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)
Thanks for the
They'll reward the people who didn't get it, for sure. Maybe a gift card or something.
In the meantime, just pay for it. $20 is nothing in this economy. Maybe you can pass off your code as a gift to someone
What is the price point on window8 for an upgrade?
If in the low 20s, I could see alot of upgrades.
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You mean $59 MILLIONS
3 Million @ $19.99 - a cool 59 BILLION dollars....jeepers!
You mean $59 MILLIONS
I won't upgrade my laptop as i hate the metro interface.
I see a touch screen is just nice on tablets only as i dont like getting a tired arm just by touching a screen.
When you consider computers with Windows installed out numbers those with Mac OS installed by a factor of about 10 to one, definitely possible.
In terms of percentage of users upgrading, that's tougher. Especially considering Windows will cost what, over $100 while ML is only $19.99? Plus, hasn't Windows 8 been getting some bad reviews due to its new Metro interface?
3 millions in 4 days is better than 1 million on first day ? Apple isn't really giving us great comparables here. What was the drop off for Lion after 4 days ? What were Mountain Lion's launch day downloads at ?
Anyway, I'm finishing up preparing my MBA for it right now, installing in a few minutes, though I did download on launch day, so I guess I'm counted.
Would have been downloaded 3 million & 1 times if it was compatible with my Macbook (2007)... lol
Except that it will. Do you know how many more people run Windows? Look at the numbers for Windows 7 if you don't believe me.
come on, just factor 1000 off; not too bad, close enough
Actually, just a letter typo (B instead of M). Better than a factor 1000!
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
My trick is to download at work (shhhhhh), then make a USB stick to upgrade my machines at home.
But yes, the overall download time you have is great.
With all this talk about Microsoft; I can assure every one of you that not a single company, enterprise, school or business is going to move to Windows 8. There may be several updates that were much needed in Win7, but forcing users to use Metro and also creating dumb-downed interfaces will kill the Windows-minority it currently holds.
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On topic, the reason Apple have such awesome sales results is because of the Mac App Store; it's something that Apple have always done right is online media distribution.
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On topic, the reason Apple have such awesome sales results is because of the Mac App Store; it's something that Apple have always done right is online media distribution.
Plenty of articles have been written that Windows users don't upgrade. What ever they bought they stay with till the end of their machines life. I guess if you have seen one Windows blue screen you have seen them all.
Finally got my free upgrade code on Friday night and so far I'm liking it a lot although as I was out for most of the weekend I've still barely scratched the surface...
One thing I have noticed is the odd bit of slowdown compared to Lion on my (couple of week old) mid 2011 mac mini, but it does still only have the standard 2Gb RAM in it. I'm thinking the 8Gb of RAM that arrived in the post this morning should sort that out nicely...
I bought the mac mini as a replacement for my old desktop pc which was starting to show it's age. I decided to try a Mac (this is my first, so far loving it) having played with both the consumer and release preview of Windows 8. I want nothing to do with Metro at all - I can see how it might possibly work on a tablet or phone but for a desktop user with mouse and keyboard it's a car crash, and if that is the direction Microsoft are heading then my other PCs/laptop will be sticking at Windows 7 and are likely the last Windows based ones I'll be owning.
One thing I have noticed is the odd bit of slowdown compared to Lion on my (couple of week old) mid 2011 mac mini, but it does still only have the standard 2Gb RAM in it. I'm thinking the 8Gb of RAM that arrived in the post this morning should sort that out nicely...
I bought the mac mini as a replacement for my old desktop pc which was starting to show it's age. I decided to try a Mac (this is my first, so far loving it) having played with both the consumer and release preview of Windows 8. I want nothing to do with Metro at all - I can see how it might possibly work on a tablet or phone but for a desktop user with mouse and keyboard it's a car crash, and if that is the direction Microsoft are heading then my other PCs/laptop will be sticking at Windows 7 and are likely the last Windows based ones I'll be owning.
Its low but for a short time their biggest market is corporate customers and that is going to be slow. I say pirates will be their biggest customers.
And I STILL can't share what I'm listening to in iTunes to Facebook or Twitter. So much for "deep integration".
When I tweet my 12MP photos from iPhoto, they show up in Twitter in some absurd small size that ends up blurring my photos.
And why no URL shortening built in?
Apple is getting so lame with implementing features and leaving them half-baked. I guess doing just enough is their motto.
When I tweet my 12MP photos from iPhoto, they show up in Twitter in some absurd small size that ends up blurring my photos.
And why no URL shortening built in?
Apple is getting so lame with implementing features and leaving them half-baked. I guess doing just enough is their motto.
I'm not sure why people are doubting that MS can pull the same numbers in shorter times.
Windows 8 Pro will be downloadable for the price of $39.99 for the first few months and it can be upgraded from any Windows version from XP and during this promotion, the Windows Media Pack will be free to download. It is much more tempting to get it this time around compared to the previous Windows releases.
Second, Windows have nearly 10 times of the install base of Mac (~600 vs ~68), they have that much growth potential than Macs, it's easier to sell 3 million there on first day than 3 million on Macs.
Microsoft is going to do everything they can to sell more Windows 8 than they have ever done before, they have to in order to make it worthwhile for developers to push apps to the Windows 8 store.
Windows 8 Pro will be downloadable for the price of $39.99 for the first few months and it can be upgraded from any Windows version from XP and during this promotion, the Windows Media Pack will be free to download. It is much more tempting to get it this time around compared to the previous Windows releases.
Second, Windows have nearly 10 times of the install base of Mac (~600 vs ~68), they have that much growth potential than Macs, it's easier to sell 3 million there on first day than 3 million on Macs.
Microsoft is going to do everything they can to sell more Windows 8 than they have ever done before, they have to in order to make it worthwhile for developers to push apps to the Windows 8 store.
3 Million downloads in four days at $19.99 = thats close to $60 million in revenue
Not bad. well done apple
A download doesn't equal a sale. You can purchase once and have multiple downloads. So it's not really $59 million. Still, great for apple.
Merging iOS and OS X ? Where ? It's like some people don't realise that both are already merged and always have been. They're both derivatives of Darwin.
I think there are totally different issues at place.
The first one is costs. I don't mean the update costs for the OS - that only marginal compared what the transition costs in manpower and pretests and what it costs if you have hick-ups during the start and you have people sitting in front of a computer that doesn't work.
Second, certain programs do not do well with switching anything. That is one of the reasons IE 7 is still around. I mean, I still work with database access using DOS Shell environment: no mouse allowed.
Third, the hardware might not run it (well). An upgrade in hardware on the other hand does not result in a big enough increase in productivity. So, why would a company do that then?
Forth, people would complain because it is "different." Contrary to what you stated, ther is a start menu. It's just full screen now.
Fifth, the newer Windows are trying to push more internet services or even the cloud. Weather updates on Desktop Gadgets, Online Help, and other things are not that bad having one or two machines running. A whole office full though might either slow down your network without investing into server upgrades or even clog up your internet connection without paying for more bandwidth.
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The only problem with Mountain Lion is the vendors of particular pieces of hardware don't have drivers for it yet but I updated anyway. So I have a Lion install on a FW800 drive to use that equipment until such time as a driver is produced.
Regarding Windows8 in the enterprise - probably going to be alienating. The lack of a start button has a lot of IT managers realizing a lot of users will be totally flailing around so they've made a decision to stick with Windows 7.
The only problem with Mountain Lion is the vendors of particular pieces of hardware don't have drivers for it yet but I updated anyway. So I have a Lion install on a FW800 drive to use that equipment until such time as a driver is produced.
Regarding Windows8 in the enterprise - probably going to be alienating. The lack of a start button has a lot of IT managers realizing a lot of users will be totally flailing around so they've made a decision to stick with Windows 7.