Win 7 Breaks UK Amazon Pre-order Record
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If there was any question of Windows 7 adoption rates, those should be put to rest – in the UK at least. Besting a record set by Harry Potter, pre-order sales are hot and heavy as we enter the eve of the official release.
The UK arm of the retail behemoth adds that the new operating system sold more copies in the first eight hours of its release in July than Vista did in its entire pre-order period. The new OS launches officially tomorrow (October 22).
“The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest grossing pre-order product of all-time at Amazon.co.uk, and demand is still going strong,” says Brian McBride, Amazon UK MD.
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