Microsoft reportedly sold as many as seven copies of the Windows 7 operating system every second for one month, as the company continues to see success with its latest OS.
"With 175 million licenses sold to date, it is the fastest selling operating system ever, and now runs on over 15 percent of all PCs worldwide," said Peter Klein, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer, during a recent financial conference call.
This is an impressive stat for Microsoft, as the company continues to look for ways to stay on top in a changing consumer market. Microsoft's key business of operating system development, software and Internet continue to face increased pressure from rivals, with analysts curious to see if Microsoft can continue on the comeback trail.
"It's exciting to see this kind of response from customers who have helped make Windows 7 the fastest selling operating system in history," Microsoft community manager Brandon LeBlanc noted. Last month, Microsoft confirmed it sold 150 million licenses for Windows 7, with 25 million licenses offered up between June 23 and July 21 -- 9.97 Windows 7 licenses every second.
Microsoft has used Windows 7 to help leave behind the failure of Windows Vista, which suffered a major public relations nightmare due to Vista-related problems.
The ability to bundle Windows 7 on new generations of netbooks has also been extremely popular for Microsoft -- the company was forced to be patient and sit on the sideline when Windows Vista was unable to be used on many netbooks.
Windows XP, which persevered on netbooks before Windows 7, has rightfully fallen out of the spotlight as Microsoft continues to look towards the future.
Despite Microsoft's strong support for Windows 7, some tech bloggers and journalists aren't overly impressed with what they've heard. A recent InfoWorld blog indicates Microsoft may have shipped 175 million Windows 7 licenses with 215 million PCs and notebooks sold -- but that 40 million license difference is a significant sale loss, according to the article.
