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Published 11/07/2009 by X-bit Labs

Microsoft Windows 7 Appears to Be More Popular in Retail than Vista Back in 2007.

2009 and include Windows 7 pre-sales) of Microsofts Windows 7 boxed software surpassed those of Vistas first few days on the U.S. market, according to NPD Group, a leading market research company. While the success is obvious, the actual popularity of Windows 7 could be accelerated by relatively...

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