Estimated 60 Million PCs Running Pirated Windows Vista » Shoutwire.com

In excess of 60 million PCs per year running pirated Windows Vista would be a worst case scenario for Microsoft. The $40 billion loss that the software industry has to take is correlated with no less than over 35% of products being pirated. Sievert estimated that over 60 million machines each year end up with some form of pirated Windows on them.

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OrbPael, on 7/13/2007 9:47:15 PM
Total Posts: 66, Joined: 5/9/2006

Why on earth would you even put Vista on a machine this early?

I suppose the true freeware spirit is alive without Linux.

Who knows what a vast majority of people.. who outnumber the precious few who make pricetags can do in the world of the future?

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1randomguy, on 7/13/2007 11:30:40 PM
Total Posts: 1506, Joined: 5/16/2006

@ vipergil

I know what your saying but have you got proof of that? They are using 3 level anti-fraud validation method at the moment. So no I dont think they are letting people purposely pirate their software.

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SurfingMonkey, on 7/14/2007 12:29:59 AM
Total Posts: 35, Joined: 1/21/2007

I have a friend that bought Vista for his high end rig. He lost 2 full seconds compared to XP on a prime95 test using the same hardware. He had to make a dual boot so he could play Shadowrun on Vista and do all the rest on XP. Hahaha Vista sux!!!

I installed it on my new PC to feel how it goes. I practically barfed after a few minutes of use. I hope Vista crashes and burns. It's time we get a corporate endorsed alternative!

http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=184
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gotenks98, on 7/14/2007 8:14:21 AM
Total Posts: 44, Joined: 4/17/2006

I seriouslly doubt that many people will even run vista. With all the Vista haters out there no one is willing to even try it let alone pirate vista.

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SurfingMonkey, on 7/16/2007 10:57:57 PM
Total Posts: 45, Joined: 1/21/2007

Especially since you don't even need to pirate it to try it and puke. hehe

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