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Windows 7 breaks Amazon UK pre-order volume record, ousts Harry Potter

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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 record previously held by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In fact, Windows 7 was able to tally up more sales in the first 8 hours of pre-order availability than Vista was able to collect altogether. Now that's what we call an upgrade.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/
 
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Already have my legit RC copy & the legit RTM copy is in the mail ( I paid nothing for both)
 
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Doesn't surprise me. Windblows users were subjected to probably the worst OS in recent memory. Only logical that they are ready to wipe Vista from their memories.
 
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Flawless said:
how come you didn't post a link for that huh? I want a free legit copy :angry: pm me info
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You had to attend, A very boring MicroSoft seminar and it was post on here awhile back I think I was one of the very few to bump it .

Anyways if u where in San Deigo, I would just give u the disc since I did not use the serial on the RC.
 
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Gadgetman said:
You had to attend, A very boring MicroSoft seminar and it was post on here awhile back I think I was one of the very few to bump it .

Anyways if u where in San Deigo, I would just give u the disc since I did not use the serial on the RC.
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ahh ok I miss my msdn subscription when I use to get all their products for free, I dont suppose you could hook me up with a legit serial, I wont give it out
 
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JD Walker said:
Doesn't surprise me. Windblows users were subjected to probably the worst OS in recent memory. Only logical that they are ready to wipe Vista from their memories.
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before windows 7 vista was the best OS microsoft ever had, you must of been one of the folks who installed vista on a old machine then complained about performance
 
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I don't see what all the fuss is about..
there is nothing wrong with vista..
I ain't "upgrading" just don't like the idea of putting one
operating system on top of another...
 
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I have a legit RC copy so I'm cool but I'm still waiting for all the driver issues and bullshit to get sorted out before switching over.
 
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ahh ok I miss my msdn subscription when I use to get all their products for free, I dont suppose you could hook me up with a legit serial, I wont give it out
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The only serial I have is for RC (release canidate) which is only good until Aug 2010 & actually going to sell RTM when I get it in the mail so no sorry.
 
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Flawless said:
before windows 7 vista was the best OS microsoft ever had, you must of been one of the folks who installed vista on a old machine then complained about performance
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Oh, so you're supposed to go out and drop $800-1200 on a new machine because Microsoft decides to change their software??
 
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duppy_maka said:

I don't see what all the fuss is about..
there is nothing wrong with vista..
I ain't "upgrading" just don't like the idea of putting one
operating system on top of another...
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VISTA runs fine on a mid to powerful system but Windows 7 will run a lot faster on the same system and on entry level, single cpu's, celerons & netbook systems. It uses way less resources & memory so if u have an older system or just a basic deskstop/laptop then u will notice the diffrence. Plus it's more logical like XP when it comes to the interface.
 
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windows 7 all day...for those running vista, it's night and day in terms of improvement

will eventually get a copy when this eval 7100 runs its course on the main rig
 
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Flawless said:
naw you can build a good system for 500
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Not the point. It can be 100 dollars. Could even be 50 or 25, it's still money out of consumers pockets for something they didn't ask for or seek out at time of purchase. And it's something they don't (or shouldn't) need in order for the computer to function.
 
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Not the point. It can be 100 dollars. Could even be 50 or 25, it's still money out of consumers pockets for something they didn't ask for
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Huh????? Windows 7 runs fine on old systems (just like XP) so no need to spend anything????


At th M$ seminar one of the reps had Windows 7. Running on an old pentium M 700 mhz laptop.
 
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VISTA runs fine on a mid to powerful system but Windows 7 will run a lot faster on the same system and on entry level, single cpu's, celerons & netbook systems. It uses way less resources & memory so if u have an older system or just a basic deskstop/laptop then u will notice the diffrence. Plus it's more logical like XP when it comes to the interface.
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makes sense
I got core 2 duo processor
4 GB memory
64 bit vista home premium
no problems what so ever

even my old laptop was core 2 duo and 2 GB memory
that was 32 bit and still had no problems with vista..
 

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