Windows 7: Over 175 Million Licenses Served

Now that Apple is considered evil, I guess that makes Microsoft the good guys.

Ummm little less bad guys will be more proper.

They released a functioning OS, of course it's going to sell well considering so many still had XP.

Windows7 deserves this, it's a great OS anyway! but IE8? nooo!

175 million suckers in the world. Every microsoft OS is touted as "the best one evar!!!111" and then it turns out to be just another software turd. A virtual steaming pile of poo. Sorry microsoft, but you lost me at Vista. I'm a Ubuntu Linux user now. I'm not putting up with your crapware any more.

@wotan31: i had thought the same, i was almost unwilling to even try the beta of windows 7 but i was so suprised when it turned out to be good that i have been using it full time since the first functional beta. I will admit that it is by no means perfect but it is definately a big step in the right direction.

Well, to be expected I suppose from the biggest troll on the forums.
Seeing as they lost you at Vista, that means you have no idea what you are talking about. Anecdotal evidence garnered from other trolls doesn't count.

well ya its gonna sell.. the people had to wait.. what was it..10 years for a new OS.. im not sure on the time but however many years it was it was WAY too long.. and vista doesnt count.. windows 7 is what they were trying to do with vista but failed miserably.. it'd be nice to not have to wait 10 years + for a new operating system to come out.

I only wish you could remove IE8. Yes I know someone will point me to the "Turn Windows features on/off" dialog, but that does nothing but remove the executable. All IE8 libraries remain because they're dependencies for too much of the rest of the system. To me it's just an unnecessary security risk.

Win 7 is pretty nice. Every time I go back to Vista there's a few little things that I miss that are in Win 7. I could live with Vista though. I'm still hoping to move to Linux for most things, since I'm going to need a reasonable amount of Linux knowledge for work.

Hey! you said the biggest was me... consistency is not your strong suit.

I know i will get heavy thumbs down for this...

I dual boot XP and Vista Ultimate for years and frankly unlike the majority i found Vista to be great, I never had any issues except installation ram troubles pre SP1... Vista wasn't near as bead as everyone made it out to be.
That being said i would never install Vista on one of our work machines and i am already pushing out Win7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajclDMj3oYA

This isn't like juggling 2 girlfriends, are you seriously arguing over which of the 2 of you is the most annoying troll? If you want it that bad then I recant, Wotan31 can be the 2nd worst troll if it's that important to you... jeez

We are talking about operating systems dude, not your 10 mb media players. With every new OS come some new hardware and software standards to which public has to adapt. The longer an OS lasts, the better it is because it shows its stability. BTW, who would like to spend like $400 every 2 years for a new OS. Ghosh, count me out!

Actually bought myself Windows 7 Ultimate Retail. Haven't purchased an OS separate from a system since Windows 95. Great work Microsoft for making something worth buying. LOVE Win7!

I have to agree with you - I ran Vista Ultimate starting from about a month or two after release, and I never had any significant problems with it, and I actually preferred it over XP. 7 is better still, of course, but I never understood all of the complaints about Vista.

Ooh jeez! I uninstalled IE8 using Windows Features On/Off and I literally couldn't open a single file on the desktop! Error that "web browser is unavailable"...weirdest crap I have ever seen. Couldn't believe some DLL dependencies was the culprit for running anything off the desktop.

As to you and your comment about Linux, I suggest you dedicate a computer to Linux and use it for awhile to get used to it...you will notice it will take some time if you are not familiar with it...

Try digging a little deeper into the OS and not just sitting on the desktop...it was/is an IT nightmare! M$ couldn't market to us IT people with the typical marketing BS of M$-the-greatest-products-below-Apple because we are not your average gullible Joe. [and wait for at least SP1s release]

You should move to a remote wooden shack with no running water or electricity, your top secret data will be well protected.

Try again fanboi. I've been through Windows 3.0, WFW 3.11, Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2k, WinXP, and Vista. And each one was a larger and stinkier turd then the previous one. It's not "anecdotal evidence" as you say, but rather it is more than 25 years experience in the IT industry. But wait, let me guess, you're going to claim that Windows Seven is "the best one ever"? Hahahahaha! Now that's funny!

Windows 7 success is well deserved, and this coming from an Ubuntu fanboy.

You've used both ME and 2k/XP and you're claiming ME was better. Aww, he has fond memories of ME bluescreens.

The BSOD is about the only stable feature in the Windows OS. Guess that's why they put the 'save' button in such a prominent place in all the Office apps... save your work often, before the random BSOD comes again!

hey... that doesn't mean that every WIN7 user is using IE8... doesn't it?
at least i know that i don't...

"Yes, the great sales of Windows 7 helps drive the revenue, so it should be no surprise that Microsoft have* moved 175 million copies of the OS."

*Has, not have.

On topic, 175 million is pretty impressive, I figure that's mostly due to good word of mouth from those early adapters of the new OS. I've used Windows 7 at work and it's a great OS, way better than Vista. Kudos to Microsoft for actually doing something right when it comes to a new OS, and it even worked relatively bug free from the release date.

I had serious issues trying to install it on a machine with more then 1 stick of ram but MS resolved that issue with a patch early on. Other then that, yah i liked it more then XP as well. Still win7 is beauty, i have found some small domain permission issues but it is solid for sure.

I love my win7.

Only problems I had with Vista was bad video drivers crashing me in games, once ATI got it's stuff together and put out a working stable drivers Vista ran very well. I liked it actually, most people didn't cause of the 3rd party drivers that were nowhere near ready or stable causing a lot of crashing that was blamed on Vista.

Yeah for Windows 7.

I care mostly about the consistency of your comments, If I am to consider them interesting or not in the future will be because they made sense. If every new thing that come out of you states that it is the worst... Troll, OS or piece of hardware... then you obviously do not spend as much time thinking about what you have to say, but rather spend it saying pretty much anything mindlessly.

That Linux enthusiasts think that Windows 7 is a piece of shit is nothing new. On the other hand canonical has been rolling out updates like there is no tomorrow lately so not everything is white as snow in the Linux universe either. Reminds me of no smart-phone being perfect... Sales numbers tell one thing about the market that cannot be directly translated to quality, just market acceptance.

Vista had its flaws, Win 7 has some too and so does Linux distros. If we are to determine which major piece of turd is the smelliest here and now, I want my vote to be cast towards Windows ME, there were some close seconds, from Adobe and RIM that I will not enumerate.

The iPad sold like Crazy, Believe me nobody thinks this thing is totally useless more than I do but I guess that if you're a technophobic baby-boomer with too much money, you should go get one fast.

to stay on topic I will finish my comment by stating that 16% market penetration in less than one year is huge for pretty much any product so Microsoft obvioulsy got it right this time and people finally begin to accept the fact that Windows XP can't last forever.

stability?? hows that stability when you dont have a choice in your OS in the first place.. its funny how many ppl gave me a thumbs down when i currently use windows7... and i love it.. that just goes to show you that the majority of ppl are not looking at what im saying, but just looking at the fact that im not kissing windows 7's ass.. and as far as it costing you money that you dont want to spend.. thats called options or a decision you would have to make for your self.. if you dont want a new OS fine.. dont buy it.. but that doesnt mean the option shouldnt be there.. stability nothing.. you wouldnt recognize stability if theres nothing else to compare it to..