Windows 7 Sets Record Sales of 90M and Counting

August 10, 2010 · Filed Under Windows · 2 Comments 

Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein proudly disclosed during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference that Windows 7 has achieved 90 million unit sales since its debut last October 2009. This makes it the fastest-selling operating system ever created in history. Not even Microsoft’s first loveable Windows 95 could match it. The 90 million figures is more than twice what Vista sold in the same timeframe.

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Microsoft Windows 7 Family Pack Upgrade to Home Premium Price: Too High or Just Fair?

October 26, 2009 · Filed Under Windows · 3 Comments 

Do you think Microsoft Windows 7 Family Pack price is too high? For us, the answer is not really. That’s our personal evaluation of the prices Microsoft announced a few months ago. The Family Pack version of Windows 7 is priced at $149.95 when it was first introduced to the public. In fact, MS inadvertently confirmed that the price and availability of Windows 7 family pack upgrade  DVD ROM by referencing it in the licensing terms of a test version of Windows 7 RC2 that leaked onto the Internet.

Sample Photo of the Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack Upgrade DVD

Sample Photo of the Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack Upgrade DVD

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