"Windows Vista was a train wreck," he said. "This will give Windows 7 a tremendous boost out of the gate."Īn upgrade from Vista or the previous operating system Windows XP to the most basic version of Windows 7 costs 120 dollars in the United States.Īnalyst Rob Enderle of Silicon Valley's Enderle Group said the Windows 7 launch is a "big deal for Microsoft.
"Someone did a great job in the supply chain making this happen," Baker said in a blog post. NPD analyst Stephen Baker told of visiting a major US consumer electronics shop the weekend prior to the launch to find Vista-based computers were not to be found and shelves were stocked with Windows 7 machines. "We have great PCs coming out for Windows 7," Hall said. The launch of Windows 7 is expected to open the flood gates for low-priced, feature-rich personal computers based on the operating system. Microsoft hired David Porter, a retail industry veteran, in February to open retail stores that challenge the successful chain of Apple Stores operated by the maker of iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh computers.
Microsoft on Thursday also began selling Windows-powered PCs from companies such as Sony, Dell, and Lenovo in its online store. The shop features netbooks, laptops, desktop computers, Zune players, Xbox 360 videogame consoles, and mobile phones running on Microsoft software.Ī second Microsoft store will open in northern California next week. Microsoft is also celebrating the availability of Windows 7 with parties and by opening its first retail shop, in the US city of Scottsdale, Arizona. "This is the most customer excitement we've had in a long time for a Windows release," Hall said. "Now we see if real people love Windows," said Brian Hall, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Live business group.įeedback from the millions of test users has Microsoft confident they have hit the mark with the new-generation operating system, which reportedly logged more pre-orders in Britain than the final Harry Potter book. "The range and diversity of the application software is unsurpassed."īy the time the day was a minute old, Microsoft workers were handing out Windows 7 software as gifts at a party the US technology giant held at a San Francisco night club to coincide with a Web 2.0 Summit.
"There's more you can do with this system. "We think our customers will enjoy the new capabilities, the speed, the performance," Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said at a Windows 7 launch event in New York. Windows 7 made its global debut to generally good reviews with most technology analysts and users who tested a demo version praising it as a significant improvement on the much-maligned Vista.
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