Report: Vista's business sales stronger than expected

Summary: Sales of Windows Vista to businesses were stronger than expected during the operating system's debut month, according to a report from NPD Group. The sales outpaced the first month's tally for Windows 2000 and only slightly trailed that for Windows XP, the market researcher said Thursday.

By David Grober for Between the Lines | January 11, 2007 -- 10:45 GMT (02:45 PST)

Sales of Windows Vista to businesses were stronger than expected during the operating system's debut month, according to a report from NPD Group. The sales outpaced the first month's tally for Windows 2000 and only slightly trailed that for Windows XP, the market researcher said Thursday. News.com's Ina Fried reports.

Topic: Windows

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Not surprising.

I am already using it and have been along with Office 2007 for the past couple of months and i am still excited to be using it!!

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12 January, 2007 10:19

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