Reaction of British users to Microsoft new operating system Windows 7 seem to be far more enthusiastic than the way Window Vista was received. Windows 7 which was made available in the UK today via pre-order service at selected outlets was almost sold out within the first 8 hours users can pre-order the OS.

Amazon.co.uk one of the retailers offering Windows 7 pre-order service said that sales of Windows 7 in the first eight hours it was available outstripped those of Windows Vista’s entire 17 week pre-order period. Customer can keep placing orders for the pre-ordered copy till 9 August, it will be sent out to customers on the 22nd of October, the same day as it goes on sale in stores.
Windows 7 is much cheaper than Vista and almost all previous version of Windows operating system at £50 for the home version, while the professional version costs around £100.

The limited number of pre-ordered copies will be shipped on 22 October, the same day it goes on sale in stores.

Pre-orders are available from a number of retailers, with the period ending on 9 August.

195 Billion Pounds more in Microsoft kitty

Analysts IDC predict that about 177 million copies of Windows 7 will be sold by the end of 2010 world wide. 50 million of this will be sold in Europe. The firm estimates that products and services surrounding Windows 7 will generate $320bn (£195bn).

No upgrade from previous Windows OS
One of the downside of Windows 7 is the fact that it has to be installed on a clean PC, you cannot upgrade from previous versions of Windows OS to Windows 7, you will have to first uninstall previous OS and then install Windows 7.
The version of Windows 7 sold in Europe will not be bundled with Internet Explorer because of EU anti-trust laws against Microsoft.

You can discuss Windows 7 and other computer and software related issues at UK Webmaster Forum.