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Microsoft must be pleased with this after the Vista's poor rep. Especially when it launched.
Windows 7 breaks Amazon records
Windows 7 has overtaken Harry Potter novels and the Nintendo Wii to become the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time in the UK, according to e-commerce giant Amazon.
In an announcement which will be music to Microsoft's ears, Amazon.co.uk declared that the new operating system sold more pre-order copies in the first eight hours of its release than Vista did in its entire pre-order period.
Windows 7 breaks Amazon records - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com
Microsoft must be pleased with this after the Vista's poor rep. Especially when it launched.
Only now in retrospect can one see how smart it was to do a wide beta and RC release.. not only did Microsoft get the much needed telemetry to build a better RTM, they seem to have got a great many people hooked to a Windows release that offers both *eye-candy* and stability, coupled with speed and reliability.
I have had a near perfect experience with Seven RTM. I hope all these people will enjoy it too.
Went to Amazon to see 4 myself. The best selling item is the 7 Home Premium Family Pack. Some really smart buyers out there.
My copy has just arrived in the post, so I've got it a day early. I think amazon must have pre-empted the postal strikes tommorrow, nice one!
Dell has shipped and released their 7 copies as well, got if from Dell today, well atleast one of them out of the 25 :)
Hi there
didn't see your post so posted much the same thing
However the volume was only exceeded by Dan Browns Angels and Demons.
Not bad.
Cheers
jimbo
I have been rocking the RTM since dl'ing from MSDN site in Aug...have been running a dual boot Vista/XP for the longest time and mainly was using XP exclusively...still have XP but haven't touched since installing 7.
It is a great OS for me...the speed and ease of use if awesome and am ditching XP all together!!!