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The Next Web: Windows 7 Selling Like Greased Lightning In The UK
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Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time': http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/ 10/30/2009 |
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!! RT @Smallgaint: Did you know : Windows 7 is the highest grossing pre-order product of all-time ahead of Harry Potter http://bit.ly/1BZYRc 10/28/2009 |
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http://bit.ly/2YhhGE Amazon says #Win7 is the biggest pre-order in Amazon history! #amazon 10/26/2009 |
Windows 7 Amazon Preorders Beat Even Harry Potter [Windows 7]
Gizmodo —
... for their next PC to upgrade, sure. But what's this really mean? Technology is more powerful than magic. Software is the new spell, and the laptop is the new spellbook. Magic may have banished dragons from the Earth, but it can't do your taxes or upload your photos to the web. Man has reached the new era, an era when science triumphs mysticism, when digital truth arrives to answer all of our nagging, analog questions. Deus ex machina, motherfucker. [TG Daily via Engadget]
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Windows 7 breaks Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousts Harry Potter
Engadget —
... Take it from us, your London-based sleuths, when anything sells faster than Harry Potter books or DVDs in the UK, it's scorching hot. Case in point is Microsoft's Vista successor, which has sold so well that it has beaten the Amazon UK pre-order ...
Windows 7 Selling Like Greased Lightning In The UK
The Next Web —
... Just a day away from the theoretical release date of Windows 7, we have some fascinating product information from Amazon: Windows 7 is the all time most pre-ordered product for Amazon UK. It even beat the venerable Harry Potter. ...
Amazon: Windows 7 is Bigger Than Harry Potter
Mashable! —
How can Windows 7 be bigger than Harry Potter, you ask? That box can’t be more than 15 inches tall, while Daniel Radcliffe is at least 5′8”!
Well, what Amazon meant when they said that was this: Windows 7 is the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time on Amazon.co.uk.
Even Amazon UK’s MD Brian McBride sounds a bit surprised: “The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest grossing pre-order product of all-time at ...
Windows 7 Amazon's Most Popular Preorder Ever [Upgrades]
Lifehacker —
... aren't alone. (Not sure how it ranks on Amazon US.) The previous title holder: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . [ TG Daily via ...
Windows 7 launches tomorrow. Are you going to bite?
CrunchGear —
... Tomorrow, October 22, is the official launch date of Windows 7. Preorders are already shipping out from online retailers and I wouldn’t be surprised if the retail boxes are already on the shelves in some brick and mortar stores. In fact, TG Daily is reporting that Windows 7 has dethroned Harry Potter as Amazon’s most successful preorder item of all time. It’s clear that people want Windows 7. ...
Windows 7 breaks Amazon UK (pre-order) sales records
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Hmm - looks like Microsoft’s management may get to breathe easy for a little longer on news from the UK that the company’s Windows 7 OS has just become the biggest grossing pre-order ever on Amazon UK.
The software has grabbed the top spot from the last Harry Potter novel and is already significantly more successful than Windows Vista. The OS launches tomorrow.
Amazon.co.uk says the only item to shift more than Windows 7 in the past three months is Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code follow-up The Lost ...
Harry Potter Proves No Match for Windows 7 Preorders
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Harry Potter may have what it takes to defeat the evil wizard Lord Voldermort, but J.K. Rowling's character proved no match for Microsoft, who's upcoming Windows 7 took the Amazon UK preorder crown previously held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. ...
Amazon U.K. - Windows 7 Pre-Order Biggest Ever - Beats Out Harry Potter
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... And going head to head with Dan Brown’s latest dyslexic outpourings, surely this time no one can argue that a Microsoft product is far better written than the competition.
Once all of these copies are used to upgrade older computers, it will be interesting to see how consumers respond to the new operating system. So far most of the reactions to Windows 7 have been positive.
Comments as always are welcome.
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» Windows 7 has beaten Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the top-grossing, pre-selling title on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) UK. [TGDaily]
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Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'
Bink.nu —
... 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. Continue at Source ...
Windows 7 is the “biggest pre-order of all time” at Amazon
Gadgetell —
... favor of something else.
“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. And if it is beating Harry in the UK? It’s gotta be in high demand. The official release of Windows 7 is tomorrow, October 22, 2009.
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7 Things You Should Know About Upgrading to Windows 7
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Thursday is a big day for Windows users. Microsoft is finally making Windows 7 publicly available, and the number of preorders for the operating system on Amazon.com has already surpassed orders for Harry Potter in the UK. ...
Amazon UK: Windows 7 is the largest pre-order product ever
TechSpot —
Windows 7 has trounced sales of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in the UK, becoming Amazon's biggest pre-order product of all time. According to Amazon's UK branch, Microsoft's new operating system has sold more copies in the first eight hours of being available for purchase than Vista did during its entire pre-order period. Windows 7 has topped expectations all around, and with the official debut slated for the 22, things are only getting started. Microsoft hopes to sell ...
Windows 7 Now The Biggest Amazon Pre-Order Product Of All Time!
Silicon Alley Insider —
... TG Daily: Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. ...
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Obsessable News Feed —
... Amazon UK has announced that Windows 7 has beaten the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the most pre-ordered product to date. The only product that has sold more copies over the past three months is Dan Brown's latest book. ...
Amazon UK: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks —
From TG Daily - Amazon UK has announced that the new Windows 7 has 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 stormed 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. Over the past three months, only Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol has sold more copies than Windows 7. ...
Windows 7 officially arrives
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... system for close to two years now, and it's actually hard to believe that the OS is finally on store shelves everywhere, ready for you to pony up and make the big jump into the future. Now all eyes turn to the question of whether consumers are actually going to open their wallets and shell out what is really a pretty hefty investment for a puny DVD. And so far, the expectations look amazingly promising. Case in point: Amazon UK announced yesterday that Windows 7 had become its biggest pre-sale item of all time , grossing more revenue than any Harry Potter or Dan Brown book to ...
