Windows 7 Pre-Orders

Amazon UK confirmed this morning they have completely sold out of their allocation of pre-order stock for Home Premium and Professional editions of Windows 7 inside 24 hours.
A customer services rep said, in classic contradictory terms, that popular demand expected by the company led to a surprise sellout (not sure how you can be surprised [...]

Today’s Window 7 pre-order launch in Europe has resulted in phenomenal sales in the region, with many retailers in the UK, France and Germany reporting a total sell out of their cut-price allocation.
Amazon UK reported that Windows 7 sales in the first eight hours outstripped demand for Windows Vista pre-orders across an entire 17 week [...]

Microsoft servers melted and Amazon quickly sold out of its pre-order allocation of discounted Windows 7 Home Premium copies this morning in the UK.
Customers eager to take advantage of heavily discounted pricing on Windows 7 overloaded Microsoft’s own European store this morning, frustrating customers desperate to buy their copies at more than half off the [...]