Mountain Lion Roars to 3 Million Downloads, is Apple's Most Successful OS X Release
Mountain Lion is off to such a fast start that Apple dubbed it "the most successful OS X release" in the company's history. Prior to the weekend, estimates pegged Mountain Lion downloads at around 2 million after just 48 hours of being uncaged, and since then Apple has come out said downloads of OS X 10.8 have topped 3 million in just four days.
"Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
If every one of those downloads represents a paid upgrade, that equates to $60 million in sales at $20 a pop. It's probably not as much, however, as Mountain Lion is offered as a free upgrade to anyone who purchased a new Mac system on or after June 11.
Still, that's a lot of downloads, and users seem generally happy with the update. Mountain Lion currently has a 4.5/5 star rating out of more than 7,050 votes in the Mac App Store.
"Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
If every one of those downloads represents a paid upgrade, that equates to $60 million in sales at $20 a pop. It's probably not as much, however, as Mountain Lion is offered as a free upgrade to anyone who purchased a new Mac system on or after June 11.
Still, that's a lot of downloads, and users seem generally happy with the update. Mountain Lion currently has a 4.5/5 star rating out of more than 7,050 votes in the Mac App Store.
