Ars Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 30, 2007 - 08:07AM CT
Mac users around the world waited in "nerd lines" last Friday in order to grab a copy of Mac OS X Leopard the moment it went on sale. Many more preordered it so that the big cat would come right to their doors. Ken, Jade, and I covered a few Apple Stores in the US, but how representative was that of the overall Mac-using population? How many copies were actually sold?
About 2 million, according to Apple. During its debut weekend, Mac OS X 10.5 "far outpaced" sales of Tiger in its first weekend. (By comparison, Tiger took over a month to sell its 2 millionth copy once it was released.) "Leopard’s innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac," said Steve Jobs in a statement. Well, I wouldn't exactly say that they're all great, but Leopard is still reviewing well despite its flaws.
2 million is apparently Apple's number of the year. The company just hit its first 2 million Mac quarter, and has now already crossed 2 million copies of Leopard. Given the pace that the iPhone is going at, it won't be long before we see 2 million iPhones sold. And hey, we haven't even hit the holiday season yet. Merry Christmas, Apple.
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