Windows 7 breaks Amazon records

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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
 

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Microsoft must be pleased with this after the Vista's poor rep. Especially when it launched.
 

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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.
 

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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! :D
 

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Okran said:
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! :D
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Pretty much. Should be boost the rep of Microsoft and Amazon even more.
 

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Dell has shipped and released their 7 copies as well, got if from Dell today, well atleast one of them out of the 25 :)
 

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hope my copy gets here tommorow
 

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built in
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560 gb
Teerex said:
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.
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Totally agree. It was a smart way of "advertising" in a way. Like the thinking behind free samples at the supermarket. Microsoft gave everybody a taste and people are loving it and coming back to get it.


zultar said:
Dell has shipped and released their 7 copies as well, got if from Dell today, well atleast one of them out of the 25 :)
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Hope HP does the same...
 

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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
 

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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!!!:D
 

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Teerex said:
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.
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i guess that you mean that the best 7 is home premium,can you tellk me why because i am not so much of an expert,i thought ultimate was the best ???
 

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Marinoprpic said:
i guess that you mean that the best 7 is home premium,can you tellk me why because i am not so much of an expert,i thought ultimate was the best ???
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What I meant here, paisan, is value for money. You get to upgrade 3 computers running older versions of Windows for $150, that's 50 bucks per computer.

Unfortunately, this offer is not available for us in Croatia.

Home Premium is better than Vista Home Premium - you can do a full backup, you have Media Center, all you need. Ultimate has all the stuff, but the difference in price is too big to make it a reasonable buy for an average user.
 

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