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____/ bbgruff on Monday 16 Nov 2009 13:32 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> No Boost in PC Sales After Windows 7
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>> | The story also notes that a PC sales upswing is
>> | unlikely for 2009, âdue to most Windows Vista
>> | users not needing to replace their PCs in order
>> | to upgrade to Windows 7.â
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> http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/no-boost-in-pc-sales-after-windows-7/
>
> Well, not for want of trying.
> I called in at PC World for a lead the other day, and it looked to me as
> though every computer that was switched on (the large majority of those on
> display) was running Windows 7.
> It could be that every computer in the shop had it installed, but certainly
> 2/3 did.
>
> They had a slogan - large posters/banners all over the place:-
>
> WINDOWS 7
> - time to buy a new computer
>
> In addition, of course, we must remember that at Amazon, the pre-order sales
> were higher than for anything previous, and described as "unprecedented"
> and "record breaking". I believe that the previous "record holder" was the
> last Harry Potter book - but we perhaps ought to note that Harry Potter
> wasn't offerred at "63% off"?
>
> All that said, there's a certain inevitability about the uptake, isn't
> there? Certainly from the consumer point of view, the overwhelming
> majority are going to "freely choose" Windows 7, rather than Windows 7 or
> Windows 7 or Windows 7.....
That changes when PC World stocks some 70 quid "thingie" that does Facebook
and "stuff".
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