Windows 7 Sets Early PC Sales on Fire
Sales are up 40 percent!
Surprise, surprise, the release of Windows 7 has sparked PC sales. Well, that shouldn't be any real surprise given all the hype and hoopla surrounding the OS that would 'save the PC recession', but now there are numbers showing Windows 7's initial effect.
The NPD Group has sales data that shows PC unit sales up 40 percent year over year for the week ending October 24, reported BusinessInsider.
Of course, some of that surge could be from consumers holding off from buying a new PC in the earlier parts of October, as in the two weeks leading up to the Windows 7 release, sales were down 29 percent.
While there was an onslaught of new PCs released concurrently with Windows 7, numbers show that inventories in stores during early November are low, suggesting early retailer success.
Of course, only time will tell if this was just a temporary bump or if it is truly a revitalization of the PC industry.
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tester24 I think Windows 7 launched at a perfect time, what better way to gain marketshare than the Xmas shopping season with all the sales that retailers have. Sure the rise in sales wont all come from windows 7 but you can be sure that a lot of them will be. I do think that sales will continue to rise but not drop as fast as they normally do after the holiday season.Reply -
cheepstuff microsoft put a boatload of time and money into this OS after vista. the sales (after they settle down) will likely reflect the change in quality and also the change in price.Reply -
brendano257 Hopefully the market is on the rise :)Reply
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bustapr thebobofbobs30hmm how much of that 40% are mac sales though?I don't know if i'm falling for a joke, but here it is.Reply
The article is about the rise of win7 sales, Mac is something else.
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