THAT is market adoption. That eclipses total OSX usage in just 8 months.
FYI - Windows 7 is exploding... In popularity. Already eclipsed total OSX market share, in just 8 months.
tech ping please.
Get 7 if you can. You won’t be disappointed.
What is the install base of OSX?
Coming from a UNIX guy, I like Windows 7. I also like win2008 server core. I hope MS keeps it up and reaches out more to the old sk00lers and mainframers. PowerShell is pretty nice of what I know so far.
I work with computers every day, and didn’t want to jump on the Vista bandwagon, choosing to remain with XP. Finally, for reason I won’t discuss here, I broke down and installed Windows 7 about three months ago. I’ll admit, I’ve been very impressed with how smooth the OS runs and I’m by no means a Microsoft fanatic.
Primary buyers being OEMs I presume.
And a lot of folks who got Vista running fast...
I still have 5 NT servers runing, Compaq Proliant’s....I think they would survive a nuclear strike, best servers I have ever seen. Sadly they are going away, Microsoft’s license fees for Exchange, SQL Server and the os were just too much. Transitioning everything to OS X.
Windows 7 on a brand new 3GHz machine with 4GB of ram for $170 (OEM License) or xubuntu for on an old T20 laptop, a .75GHz machine with .5GB of RAM for $0 and the time spent burning an ISO file to a DVD and installing it? The performance is about the same and nobody is writing viruses for xubuntu
But more importantly the nanny permissions restrictions are SO annoying. I'm 1 user/Admin on the machine, and yet I'm always being told I don't have permission to see this, or I don't have permission to change that. I loaded Google Sketchup and I couldn't save a file! (It tells me the file I'm trying to save isn't found; no kidding, it doesn't exist yet!) And it's a nightmare to give permissions. Numerous clicks through numerous submenus followed by numerous check boxes. Really, really a pain in the ass. If I thought I could easily go back to XP right now I do it in a heartbeat. I never had any problems with XP (which is why I never bothered with Vista.)
I'm praying it get's better.
I bought Win 7 the week it came out.
I also bought a very fast Solid state hard drive to put it on.
My impressions so far: AWESOME
Why have these sales not been translating to a gain in their stock price as it appears it has slid 20% since March...
So, if I go out and buy say, a new Dell, and it comes with Win7; that counts even if I wipe the drive and install something else?
BTW: rather than “upgrade” to Win 7,; I went BSD Unix with an OS X wrapper.
Crazy huh?
And after 30 years of MS software usage too.
Now we know. Finally............
Why they released a POS called Vista. To lay the ground work for a need to buy something to replace it. Just bought my first netbook with W 7 Starter. Absolutely will wipe the disk and install XP Pro. W 7 looks nearly identical to Vista which looked like crap. Nothing is where it was all the new crap has nothing to do with getting work done.
Yes I’m pushing 70 and don’t have a free month or two to learn a new operating system every year. :<(((
> That eclipses total OSX usage in just 8 months... Already eclipsed total OSX market share, in just 8 months.
Who bloody cares about how many copies of OS-X sold? Are you saying that the first decent release of Windows in over five years -- into a market in which Microsoft enjoys 90% share, might NOT outsell the 5-10% competition? Why not compare against the latest Ubuntu release and crow about how Win7 outsold "Lucid Lynx" by 100:1?
Are you that insecure about Windows?
Win7 is a fine operating system. Don't waste time comparing it to Apple's offerings on the basis of number of copies sold. For-q-clinton is right to ask about the installed base. OS-X has about 1/10th the installed base of Windows in the US, and about 5% worldwide.
If Win7 DIDN'T outsell OS-X by about 9:1, it would be losing (in terms of relative penetration in its segment). I'm sure you can do math. When you're the market leader, you shouldn't weaken your own perception by comparing to distant minor competition.
Of course, you hate Apple with an unbridled passion, so it shouldn't surprise me that you take every opportunity to poke at OS-X with a stick, even when it makes you look stupid to do so.
My suggestion is that you focus on the strong points of Win7 (of which there are many) and not compare it to something which can't possible compete in number of copies sold.
Interesting... I bought my copy of Windows 7 a very long time ago...but still using XP...hmmm... Wonder how many like me there are?
Actually, I’ve tried Windows 7 and it is so much better than Vista that I could cry about it...but, It is a bit of a hog compared to XP and my simulators run so well now that I’m not going to change anytime soon. There is just no reason to change a working formula.
For those that want to jump on this - I actually have tried Windows 7 several times (keep hoping for change), both 32 and 64 bit versions. Unfortunately, my Flight and Train Simulators run faster in XP...so...
Eventually, I will have to upgrade but until I have to...