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1 million per day
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made news at the keynote speech at BUILD 2012 today.
Within the first 4 days of the Windows 8 launch there has been as many as 4 million upgrades to Windows , thanks to the lucrative upgrade offers from Microsoft starting as low as $14.99 (http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/) for the users who recently bought Windows 7 PC (2nd June to 31st January 2013) and for others with Windows 7,Vista and XP license for $39.99 upgrade (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbpage.Windows_8_Pro?WT.term=%2Bwindows+upgrade+%2B8&WT.mc_id=pointitsem_Microsoft+US_google_5+-+Windows+8&WT.medium=cpc&WT.campaign=5+-+Windows+8&WT.srch=1&WT.content=SxHEs3j2&WT.source=google&cshift_ck=536cc901-1cd0-4958-8dc7-e605fba5985acsSxHEs3j2).
These number exclude the licenses sold to the various OEM’s who are bringing their Windows 8 devices to stores. This is indeed a great start for a much criticised operating system which has been on the receiving end of the harsh words about the Start Screen and the removal of Traditional Start Menu.
We can expect a further boost in the numbers with the growing Number of Apps in the store and the developer interest in Windows 8 and the Surface Pro devices which will be released in the first quarter of 2013.