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Windows 7 Pre-Orders Top Vista's In Just 8 Hours

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-in-the-uk-anyway dept.

Barence writes "In order to ensure Windows 7 got off to a better start than Vista in the UK, Microsoft slashed the cost of Home and Home Professional by a third on promotional copies which were sold on a 'first come, first served basis while stocks last.' The promotion ensured Windows 7 shot to the top of Amazon's charts when it was released yesterday, with the online retailer claiming that 'sales in the first eight hours outstripped those of Windows Vista's entire 17-week pre-order period.' The price of pre-ordering Windows 7 has now shot up to £80, after the £50 copies sold out within a day."

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  1. Every other OS stinks by mprindle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Someone I was talking to the other day made a good point. Every other OS Microsoft has put out in the last 10 - 15 years or so has sucked.

    Win7 = TBD - Looking good as of now
    Vista = Horrible
    XP = Pretty Good
    ME = Rancid
    2000 = Not Bad
    NT 4 = Not Bad, but severely limited

  2. Re:Great startegy by CannonballHead · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ah, but may I mention that this time you don't need to be fooled by believing pre-release hype. You could have tried the beta and you can try the RC. I'm running the RC at home. I like it. If/when/whatever I buy Win 7 it won't be because of hype. It will be because I've run the RC for ~6 months and have found it to work well.

    I hope that's not considered "hype."