Stupid analogy.
8 million beta testers have actually used Win 7 over the past year, and found it to be an excellent operating system. So effecyiveky, everyone knows someone who has been using Windows 7 for months, or knows someone who knows someone who has, and so on. The positive word of mouth and buzz for Win 7 has been incredible. That beats the albeit positive reviews from the “experts” or the media, and makes Apple's pretty, weak, pathetic attempts at FUD ineffective and laughable. It would also explain the record pre-orders that Win 7 had. By the end of December, Win 7 would probably have sold more units than all the Apple sold macs in the past 10 years!
That statement means precisely nothing, which was my point.
Tech oriented sites like slashdot were filled with glowing reviews of Microsoft Vista. It's also filled with people who like the Microsoft Windows XP GUI, which only made me want to drive an ice pick through my forehead when I used it.
A majority of the votes counted in the last election had Barack Hussein Obama listed as the choice for president. You fail to make any concrete point why your "8 million beta testers" are any different than a hundred billion flies, or tens of millions of US voters.