Retail stores report strong demand for Vista
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Best Buy and Circuit City Stores Wednesday both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores, though this demand had a different effect on each company's business.
In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled have been selling well since the Jan. 30 release of the new OS. However, while this drove sales of PCs and computer services up 10 percent at Best Buy, Circuit City was affected negatively because it did not keep enough Vista PCs in stock to meet customer demand.