Windows 7 Sales Outstripping Vista

Not surprisingly, Windows 7 sales are ahead of the pace of the much-maligned Windows Vista operating system, according to a story from CNET.com.

A number of sources, including a firm that tracks computer-industry sales, and another that follows operating system usage across the Internet, are both reporting that Windows 7 is significantly ahead of where Vista was after a little more than a week of availability, the story says.

Undoubtedly, Windows 7's very strong reviews are helping those sales. Vista, by contrast, was plagued with problems upon its release, and never captured the hearts of PC users the way that Windows XP did. It's a great start for Windows 7, and may signal that Microsoft has regained the trust of those who felt burned by Vista.