Wednesday, January 31, 2007

cnn.com 1/31/07 - Microsoft's Vista goes on sale

Consumers can finally get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s long-delayed Windows Vista, but unlike the mad midnight rushes retailers saw with the recently released video game consoles, stores saw only a trickle of early adopters Tuesday.

Retailers around the world held special midnight events Monday or opened early Tuesday morning, as the Vista operating system and Office 2007 business software went on sale in 70 countries.

Some stores, including a Best Buy in midtown Manhattan, brought in extra employees to handle pent-up demand for Vista. (Watch Microsoft's Bill Gates talk about the Vista new operating system

 

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