Windows 7 tops Amazon charts

Beats 17 weeks of Vista sales in 8 hours

Windows 7 tops Amazon charts

15 July 2009 9:59 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Amazon has said that "thousands" of customers have "raced" to the online retailer to pre-order their copy of Windows 7, sending it straight to number one in the software chart.

Microsoft's next operating system, due for general release on 22 October 2009, is now available to order for release-day delivery in countries across the globe.

Although the pre-sales scheme is slightly different, demand appears to have outstripped that of Vista with more copies of Windows 7 pre-ordered in its first 8 hours on the site than Windows Vista achieved in its entire 17 week pre-order period.

Amazon is offering pre-sales pre-orders of Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for £44.97 and £89.97 respectively.

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  • Premium appears to have sold out at Amazon as there's no option to pre-order just an "email when this becomes available" link. Posted by GK, UK
  • They are now back in stock on 15/07 with pricing unchanged. I wonder whether pricing will continue to be discounted for some time after the expected end date though. It's probably the Vista users who have 'rushed' out to buy this. The die hard XP fans, of which there are many may take longer to convince. Posted by Windy Millers Hardware & Software News, UK

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