Microsoft: Windows 7 plans to sell 177 million copies by the end of the year

Although the market survey results show that Windows 7 in a short time can not be consumed in many places, but Microsoft seems to be very optimistic.

Bill Veghte, the vice president of Windows business recently, said: " Windows 7 is the first operating system (OS) to draw attention to people coming to Microsoft after nearly 20 years, expected. By the end of 2009, Windows 7 sales are expected to surpass 177 million copies . "

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Bill Veghte added that all Windows business users get a free version to run the remaining software applications on Windows XP, and the process of upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is also very convenient. , " we will definitely provide confirmation for more than 16,000 Windows 7 software development partners. Within 72 hours since the release of Windows 7 RC, we have confirmed two card drivers. show . "

Veghte expected, Microsoft could sell 177 million copies of Windows 7 by the end of the year. Upgrading about 246 million PCs using Vista OS will bring an income of $ 320 billion to Microsoft partners. In addition, there were 51 million Deskop businesses that also had the rights of Windows 7. Starting on September 1, for business users who buy a lot of authorized copies, Microsoft will discount from 15 ~ 35%.