Windows 7 will be released in a couple of months and has already attracted controversy, not least because Microsoft quickly withdrew its much-hyped promotional pre-order price scheme.
The reportedly huge number of preorders is not necessarily evidence that the latest version of this operating system is being breathlessly anticipated by countless multitudes of excited, expectant and grateful customers. The promotional price is likely to have played a major part, since it reduced the cost of the home version from a bloated £149 to £49.
The flocking customers, however, are just as likely to be evidence of a desperate hope that Win7 will have resolved the many and frequent issues encountered by Vista users. Indeed, so many customers flocked to place orders on the day pre-ordering opened that Microsoft's online shop crashed… which seems to say it all.
The reportedly huge number of preorders is not necessarily evidence that the latest version of this operating system is being breathlessly anticipated by countless multitudes of excited, expectant and grateful customers. The promotional price is likely to have played a major part, since it reduced the cost of the home version from a bloated £149 to £49.
The flocking customers, however, are just as likely to be evidence of a desperate hope that Win7 will have resolved the many and frequent issues encountered by Vista users. Indeed, so many customers flocked to place orders on the day pre-ordering opened that Microsoft's online shop crashed… which seems to say it all.
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