Windows 7 spanks Harry Potter
By Barry Collins
Posted on 21 Oct 2009 at 13:35
Windows 7 has become the biggest grossing pre-order product ever at Amazon.co.uk, according to the online retailer.
Amazon was among the select few retailers that began selling Windows 7 on pre-order back in July, offering the Home Premium version for as little as £45.
It now claims the operating system has racked up more pre-order sales than other big hitters, such as the Harry Potter novels and the Nintendo Wii.
"The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest-grossing pre-order product of all-time, and demand is still going strong," claims Amazon.co.uk managing director Brian McBride.
All of which is welcome news for Microsoft, after the lukewarm launch of Windows Vista, which now even Dell admits was a "bust".
Amazon hasn't revealed exactly how many copies of Windows 7 it has sold, but claims it shifted more copies in the first eight hours on sale than Vista did during its entire pre-sale period.
On a recent visit to the UK, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer said more than 700,000 Brits were running the free Windows 7 Release Candidate.
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I think the numbers may only be as they are due to the discounted pre-order price.
By mng70 on 21 Oct 2009 
are they counting sales or what the item cost?
if it cost windows 7 like 5 to 10 times the price of the book hece it gone number one in the list
Mark
By mprltd on 21 Oct 2009
I would suggest its sales by numbers as the other "big hitter" in the article also costs like 5 to 10 times the price of the book.
By chapelgarth on 21 Oct 2009
I would suggest its sales by numbers as the other "big hitter" in the article also costs like 5 to 10 times the price of the book.
By chapelgarth on 21 Oct 2009
Such a tame article considereing the over-cooked title.
By phantombudgie on 21 Oct 2009
Wish I'd ordered from Amazon now :(
Pre-ordered from Play.com in August only to now be told that they have no stock - Rubbish service!
By AndyF1 on 22 Oct 2009
Comes at a price though - at least they won't have to reprint the book due to it being corrupted and incomplete - whereas the Student Windows 7 download has errors when attempting to extract the 64bit version on a 32bit copy of Windows!
By all4nothing on 23 Oct 2009
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