[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]They didn't sell 4 million copies to the public, they forced the sale of 4 million copies on hapless OEM's who had no choice which they then get pushed onto the the helpless public who doesn't have a choice or a clue.[/citation]
He said they sold 4 Million "Upgrades". Probably wont know Retail sales for a bit.
[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]Is he counting sales of RT devices or OEM copies? If not, why not? If his goal is to convince the developers to make Windows apps, why not use OEM licenses as well? It would be technically true, they're not giving them for free.[/citation]
Just upgrades, they might not have complete OEM data from everyone yet.[citation][nom]ddpruitt[/nom]Let's see comparisons of Win 7, Vista, and XP when they were released. Then we would have something to compare these numbers too.[/citation]
According to Ballmer at the Build conference Win 8 is selling faster than Win 7, of course the time frame is small so who knows how much that will change.