Microsoft sells 210 million copies of Windows XP
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Microsoft said on Monday that retail and new PC sales of Windows XP, its flagship operating system, have grown to more than 210 million copies since the product was launched two and a half years ago.
As Microsoft prepares to add more features to Windows before its next major upgrade, the numbers showed that adoption of the latest Windows version was accelerating, with sales averaging about 10 million per month in the last nine months.
Last July, Microsoft said it had sold 130 million copies of Windows XP in stores, and has averaged sales of about 6 million per month via new personal computers. The product was launched in October 2001.