Windows 7 sales and revenue look good in first week

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Well, the numbers for week 1 are in, and they look good for Microsoft and Windows 7. Microsoft’s latest OS venture has outpaced Vista in first week sales by, get ready for it, 234%. Not bad in a down economy for sure. The new OS has also outpaced Vista in terms of revenue: Seven has generated 83% more revenue for Redmond than the big “V” in its first week. We’ve got 7 on our fleet of machines, but how many of you out there have upgraded? What are your thoughts thus far? So far, we like!

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56 Responses to “Windows 7 sales and revenue look good in first week”

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    Jim says:

    Number of Vista upgrades bought: 0
    Number of Windows 7 upgrades bought: 6
    That’s an oo (is there an infinite symbol) increase.

    I have no life.

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    Andrea says:

    Interesting read. Windows seems to have made 7 a little more stable…

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