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Amazon UK: Windows 7 is the largest pre-order product ever
Windows 7 has trounced sales of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in the UK, becoming Amazon's biggest pre-order product of all time. According to Amazon's UK branch, Microsoft's new operating system has sold more copies in the first eight hours of being available for purchase than Vista did during its entire pre-order period. Windows 7 has topped expectations all around, and with the official debut slated for the 22, things are only getting started.
Microsoft hopes to sell some 14 million copies of Windows 7 to UK customers next year, or about one for every four people -- quite the ambitious outlook, considering the number of illegitimate beta testers. Redmond says there were about 15 million beta testers, and only 8 million users actually signed up to participate while the rest presumably snagged Windows 7 from a torrent site. No matter the number of systems illegally running Windows 7, it's shaping up to be a very successful product.
Microsoft hopes to sell some 14 million copies of Windows 7 to UK customers next year, or about one for every four people -- quite the ambitious outlook, considering the number of illegitimate beta testers. Redmond says there were about 15 million beta testers, and only 8 million users actually signed up to participate while the rest presumably snagged Windows 7 from a torrent site. No matter the number of systems illegally running Windows 7, it's shaping up to be a very successful product.
User Comments (2)
Post a comment| Guest on October 22, 2009 11:54 AM | How many copies of Win7 have been sold so far?? |
| Guest on October 23, 2009 8:23 AM | Just got my copy of Windows 7 today and have to say it is absolutely fantastic. I installed it and didn't have to download/install one single driver for any of my devices. it found everything for me. Everything else is working fine, it's fast, easy to use. Exactly what I wanted and am happy with the purchase. 5/5. |
