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0 pointsAaronontheweb13y ago0 comments

"4 million is nothing considering windows market share."

This 4 million number is equal to the number of individual consumers who bought a shrink-wrapped Windows 8 UPGRADE box. It was announced 4 days after the launch of the platform on the 26th.

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adrr13y ago· 1 in thread

Its not even number #1 on Amazon's bestsellers list, windows 7 is.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Software-Operating-System...

nivla13y ago

Maybe because Amazon prices windows 8 pro upgrade at $66.99 while you can get it from Microsoft Store for $40?!

[1]http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-8-Pro-Upgrade/dp/B00...

[2]http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232961/Microsoft_sta...

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