If Microsoft sold 100M Windows 8 licenses...

Microsoft said that they sold 100M licenses, reaching the same milestone as Windows 7.  So, where are they...in a warehouse?

Digging down into Statcounter's figures, in the US, even as Windows 8 slowly gains market share, Windows 7's has suddenly soared in April.

That might seem odd, but then again, look at Amazon's top-100 software:

5 -- Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64 bit OEM
16 -- Windows 7 Pro SP1, 64 bit, OEM
25 -- Windows 8 System Builder, 64 bit, OEM
29 -- Windows 7 Home Premium
35 -- Windows 8 Pro Upgrade
42 -- Windows 8 Pro System Builder, 64 bit, OEM
50 -- Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
73 -- Windows 7 Pro Upgrade
80 -- Windows 7 Pro
82 -- Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 32 bit, OEM
84 -- Windows 8 Pro Pack
100 -- Windows 7 Pro SP1, 32 bit

It all makes sense now, doesn't it?  Look closely and you'll see a dip in XP use -- people are switching to new machines / upgrading their OS to Windows 7 faster than Windows 7 users are upgrading to Windows 8.

Okay, one more layer of stats that I'm going to throw at you: Newegg's user ratings.

First, if you filter the OS software by ratings, the top 11 products are all variants of Windows 7.

If you dig deeper and filter the top-rated Windows 8 product's ratings based solely on verified buyers, it turns out it has an average of 3.55 stars (out of 5).  Do the same for the top-rated Windows 7 product, and Windows 7 earns an average of 4.62 stars (psst, you need to calculate the numbers yourself).

Why do these numbers matter?  Because they are mostly from computer geeks.  If geeks prefer Windows 7 over Windows 8, Microsoft better make sure that Blue update (Windows 8.1) is an incredible one.