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Windows 7 Emerges As A Big Sizzler, Says Analyst

Windows 7 Emerges As A Big Sizzler, Says Analyst

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Market research firm NPD Group is reporting that the US sales of Microsoft’s latest avatar in operating systems Windows 7 have blown past that of its predecessor Vista by a substantive margin. Sales of Windows 7 within a week after its launch on 22 October have reportedly been around 234 percent higher than that of Vista sales during its first week of the launch, the research company reported on Thursday. However, even with these astounding sales figures, revenues...



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A new report suggests that Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 7 will manage to power nearly half of the personal computers across the world.According to PC Pro, on Tuesday, market expert, Gartner released a new report...


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Software giant Microsoft has announced that it will reinstate the Windows 7 Family Pack, which allows families to run Windows 7 Premium Home Edition on three separate PCs. According to a blog post, the Windows 7 Family Pack,...


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Microsoft has released Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system, allow manufacturers to embed the OS into TVs, interactive digital signs, set-top boxes and other consumer electronic devices. The software giant also announced...


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