Windows 7 Launch Sales: 234% Better Than Vista

Courtesy Mashable!  Thu, 11/05/2009 - 20:27

Windows 7The NPD Group has some figures now from the Windows 7 launch , and are reporting that the new Microsoft operating system is selling well — or at least, much better than Vista did at its launch.

In the first few days of sales, Windows 7 units in the U.S. moved 234 percent faster than Vista did in its equivalent launch window.

Of course, in many ways the bar wasn’t set too high. Still, Microsoft...


 

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