In addition to the 88 million copies of Vista sold, Microsoft said 42 million PCs now have Vista licenses via volume licensing contracts signed by corporate users. Microsoft used the same 42 million number back in July when it discussed Vista uptake at its annual meeting for financial analysts.Source: PC World
The Vista numbers were tabulated during Microsoft's first fiscal quarter, which ended Sept. 30. The financial results of that quarter were reported Oct. 25.
The numbers of copies sold represents nearly a 47% increase over the 60 million copies sold that was reported by Microsoft in July.
Windows Vista sales up 47% since July
Posted on Saturday, November 24 2007 @ 2:04 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck