More evidence of a strong Windows 7 launch
WinInfo | at | by Mike
So far, we've seen such things as Windows 7 presales outselling the combined presales for Windows Vista and Windows XP combined and, more recently, news from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that Windows 7 handily generated more revenue than any previous version of Windows in its first 10 days of availability. But you want more, don't you? Yesterday, NPD market researchers said that retail sales of boxed copies of Windows 7 were 234 percent higher in the first week of availability than sales of Vista were during its first week on the market. This figure applies only to consumer sales of retail, boxed software -- a tiny percentage of actual sales overall and one that doesn't include any business sales. "Our expectations were already pretty great, but [Windows 7 sales] exceeded our expectations," a Wal-Mart spokesperson added.