Windows 7 has been on the market for a couple weeks now, and early indications point to this being a pretty good software launch for Microsoft. Sales of Windows 7 are up 234% in the first week, compared to their last OS launch, Microsoft Vista.

Industry pundits point to a couple factors that may have led to the good sales figures: a relatively low price point, lots and lots of advertising, and the pushing of lower-cost pre-sales. You have to think that 7 patty Whopper promotion in Japan helped too.

And while many media types are happy to trot out that 234% number as an indication that Windows 7 is selling well, there are cynics out there that have a different take. After all, that 234% number isn’t in comparison to a competitor…it’s compared to Microsoft’s own product, Vista. The same Vista that was fraught with problems and bad-press from day one. That same Vista that sent new PC purchasers scrambling to uninstall it so they could run on XP. That same Vista that seems to require 95% of my computer’s memory just checking for software updates to keep itself up to date.

That being said, the general consensus out there seems to be that Windows 7 is pretty good (especially compared to you-know-what). Yes, it has some issues, and yes it’s still vulnerable to most of the viruses out there. But hey, it does a lot of stuff well, and by the way, have you seen that 7 patty whopper?

Tags: Microsoft, Software, Technology, Vista, Windows 7

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