Vista sold 20 million copies in the first month ( http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN2637930120070326?pageNumber=1 ). Of course, we don't know what Apple's first month figures will be, but if they sell the same amount each week that they sold in the first weekend, that'd amount to 8 million copies. Even a more conservative figure of 5 million is still impressive, considering Apple has less than a tenth of Window's market share.

The point? Apple's customers are excited about this new release, as is the press. That's bound to improve Apple's market share as word continues to get around. Not to mention a healthy contribution to the bottom line from the software sales.

were in pre-sales that they haven't delivered on? Like me? I preordered on copy of the media and 15 licenses, and as of Friday, it's backordered now until November 6th. And that's on an educational instutition credit card! I guess they're filling the full-price retail copy orders first to fill up the cash coffers.

Just judging by my local Apple Store, there were well over 200 people in line when they opened the doors at 6. Considering the 7 million macs they've sold so far this year, 2 million barely begins to fill the "need" of people for this software.

Today's (10/31) WSJ is reporting that all the sales came from standalone copies, which sounds improbable to me. But is that possible?

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Tiger wrote:
I guess they're filling the full-price retail copy orders first to fill up the cash coffers.

Absolutely! With only $15 billion in cash, they're desperate to exploit that $60 price differential.

... or not.