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Windows 7 sells 90 million copies

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Geoff Spick05 March 2010, 4:14 PM

Microsoft basks in the success of a job well done, but is Windows 7 on USB memory sticks next for the software giant?

Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein has unveiled the software giant has sold 90 million copies since Windows 7 launched. More significantly, he stated that enterprise customers (which is where potentially hundreds of millions more licenses will eventually come from) are starting to get in touch regarding upgrading all those billions of Windows XP PCs lurking around offices around the world.

The news was revealed on the Windows 7 Team blog which also mentions some interesting new laptop designs including the "Sony VAIO X which is so sleek and portable it could fit inside a MacBook Air, the Dell Adamo XPS which is the thinnest PC in the world, and the HP Envy 13 which combines breakthrough industrial design with tons of power." With the increase and power, and decrease in size, it won't be long before Windows XP-powered netbooks are going to look very old fashioned indeed.

Its unlikely many netbooks or thin-notebooks will be selling with Windows XP now, but there is still a huge upgrade market for Microsoft to tap into, assuming it can distribute Windows 7 on memory sticks -- something it has not yet done -- or in some other manner

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BrownieBoy (User):

What it really means that 90 million people have bought PCs since Windows 7 was released, and found that Windows 7 was pre-installed on them, whether they asked for it or not.

(Okay, there will have been some boxed copies sold to people who were desperate to get off Vista.)

05 March 2010, 5:07 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

DandamanV (User):

Sounds like world domination to me! ;)

05 March 2010, 5:16 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

Raindog (Cornerstone member):

Actually it's how many Windows7 licenses were sold, a googly proportion of those licenses will be actually running XP.

05 March 2010, 10:11 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

Mattorade (User):

Actually considering Tafe and University students can get Windows 7 Professional 32bit OR 64bit for only $49.95 AND I'm pretty sure Uni students in almost every country around the world can. I'm guessing a lot of that 90mil is student OS upgrades.

06 March 2010, 5:59 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

apt.pupil (Cornerstone member):

90 million copies...

well there is still a long journey yet to convert the XP users to a modern OS yet

06 March 2010, 10:45 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

SLi (User):

Job well done indeed.

09 March 2010, 12:18 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

MSFT_AlexT (New user):

Great to read that Windows 7 has sold 90 million copies!
I'm certain that number will dramatically increase once businesses and enterprise customers start heavily refreshing their hardware too. Windows 7 is an excellent product with tons of great features to save time, cost and increase productivity and efficiency. It deserve to be a success!

If you're on Twitter, I'd love to hear your feedback. Join the conversation @CIOsConnect

Alex
Microsoft Windows Client Team

09 March 2010, 3:34 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

Raindog (Cornerstone member):

Quoting MSFT_AlexT:
If you're on Twitter, I'd love to hear your feedback

No you wouldn't. I'd learnt a long time ago that Microsoft aren't listening and despite advertising to the contrary I've seen no reason to believe that has changed.

So no Alex, you would not like my feedback at all.

And seriously are 140 character grabs any kind of way for a professional organisation to be gaining feedback? Listening? I don't think your organisation knows how to listen.

17 March 2010, 10:12 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

plutonium210 (Cornerstone member):

Quoting Raindog:
you would not like my feedback at all.

Hear that all you MS shareholders!
Raindog is not happy. So sell those shares immediately .... LOL

17 March 2010, 11:35 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

Raindog (Cornerstone member):

Quoting plutonium210:
Hear that all you MS shareholders!

Who said anything about shareholders? Your attempt at creation of yet another bun-fight are duly noted.

17 March 2010, 11:40 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

TechHead (User):

I'm one of the 90 million. Actually I'm four of them since I purchased 1x Professional + 1x Home Premium (3 user pack). So far it's been SO much better than Vista, with the exception of Homegroups which I have given up on trying to get to work. I reckon that could be implemented better in Windows 8. Overall I'm happy though.

11 March 2010, 12:28 PM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend

Chaos Design (New user):

I Installed Windows 7 From USB on my NETBOOK (eeepc) I used a Program called WintoFlash to copy the Windows 7 DVD to my 4gb Flash Drive.

I am running it in dual boot with XP works well

14 March 2010, 6:37 AM (4 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend