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

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."

Comments

Are you crazy?

[HermMunster]

First, the beta of Win7 was just Vista with a new taskbar and with the security stripped out. Secondly, PC Mag tests indicate that a Win7 RC runs only 5% faster than Vista (and that the increase is imperceptible to the end-user), thought it has a new taskbar--this means they put back the security. That was a very dirty trick if you ask me.

From what I have read they added even more draconian digital restrictions management into the OS, and hence more privacy violations. You can live with always being treated like a thief. I'll use the software that gives me control, has no draconian DRM, and treats me like a human being. Please, what Linux has done is shown the world that an OS can become popular, incredibly stable, and widely loved by a hundred million or more people world-wide. Let's get over this Microsoft stuff and get moving on competition in this and other markets to return to the consumer their right to have a choice.

As well, you guys are so subject to these crazy marketing ploys. There are no limited supplies of stock when software comes into play. Don't give me the diatribe about CD and production costs. They can distribute it in other ways. There's no limitation of stock unless it is artificially created.