Harry Potter Bows Down To Windows 7 Pre-Orders

Man, we knew Windows 7 would be a hit, but we definitely didn't seethis coming. The proverbial giant has been toppled, as Microsoft'snewest OS--which launched today, by the way--has beaten the mightyHarry on Amazon UK's pre-order charts. What Harry, you ask? HarryPotter, of course!

As of yesterday, Windows 7 was the outfit's best-selling pre-ordereditem of all time, though specific numbers weren't disclosed. Thosepre-orders began on July 15th, and they even sold out (albeit for onlya short period of time) that very same day. What's wild is that Win7'spre-order rate beat out Vista in a bad, bad way. The amount of Win7pre-orders within the first eight hours beat the amount of Vistapre-orders during the latter's entire pre-order period.


Of course, Microsoft's tasty upgrade pricing and the generalunhappiness with Vista probably helped matters, but to put Mr. Potterto shame (in Rowling's homeland, no less) is still a mighty feat. Goodgoing Microsoft--if you can keep this up, we'd say you'll be enjoying alovely Q4.