Windows 8 passes milestone of 4 million usersNovember 1, 2012 - 19:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Windows 8 has passed the milestone of 4 million users, Microsoft has announced, according to Digital Spy. Company CEO Steve Ballmer revealed at the Build conference that the operating system took mere days to hit the figure. "The level of enthusiasm we've seen is exciting," AllThingsD quotes Ballmer as saying. "I think we are really resonating across the board with the work we are bringing to market." Ballmer previously made the ambitious prediction that the Windows 8 line - which includes the mobile version of Windows Phone 8 and the tablet-optimised Windows RT - will be on 400 million devices by the end of the year. By comparison, Apple's Mac OS X Mountain Lion sold three million units over the same time period, but this figure represented around 4.5% of its installed base of 66 million. Windows 8's 4 million downloads account for approximately a third of 1% of its base of around 1.25 billion. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |