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Windows 7 to Harry Potter: Expelliarmus

  • By John Paczkowski
  • On 1:01 pm EDT, Wednesday October 21, 2009

Here’s an interesting Windows 7 stat as we near the operating system’s official release. It’s Amazon UK’s (AMZN) biggest pre-ordered product of all time. In fact, the online retailer has received pre-orders for Windows 7 than it did for JK Rowling’s final Harry Potter book. “The launch of Windows 7 has exceeded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest grossing pre-order product of all time at Amazon.co.uk,” Amazon’s Brian McBride told The Telegraph. “Demand is still going strong. Over the past three months, only Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol has sold more copies than Windows 7, which is an incredible achievement for a software product.”

And for Microsoft (MSFT), especially after that monument to disappointment, Windows Vista.

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