Windows Vista launch boost Personal Computer sales

Sales of PCs in the retail market improved massively in the early days of February as Microsoft just released their latest operating system product Windows Vista.

Market watcher Current Analysis claimed in a report that the U.S. PC sales jumped 173% during the week ended Feb. 3. It has also improved around 67% on a year-over-year basis.

Windows Vista was launched along with MS Office 2007 on January 30 by Microsoft.

Reports further claim that the higher end versions of the Vista are selling more than the basic ones. This suggests that tech savvy customers are upgrading their machines rather than every day customers.

Roger Kay, analyst and founder of Endpoint Technologies spoke about these reports: “This isn’t the kind of technology that’s going to cause your average person to run out and buy a new PC.”

Windows Vista Home Premium was loaded on as many as 60% of all desktops sold during the week. Vista Home Basic edition shipped on around 33% of these machines. The notebook market was dominated by Vista Home Premium edition.

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