Microsoft: Windows 7 the Fastest Selling OS Ever

Microsoft has attributed its 35 per cent growth in profits in the first three months of 2010 to the popularity of Windows 7.

The tech giant has said that more than 10 per cent of all PCs around the world are running Windows 7 making it, “by far the fastest-selling operating system in history,” according to chief operating officer Kevin Turner.

Windows 7 has been on the market for just 6 months, in which time Microsoft has sold over 100 million licenses.

Microsoft has reported a net profit of US$4bn (£2.6bn), with sales up by 6 per cent from this time last year to a record US$14.5bn (£9.4bn).

The company has also said that strong growth in its Bing search engine and Xbox Live has added to its latest figures.

Microsoft is looking to expand its growth with the release of new products in the next few months, including Office 2010 and enterprise SQL database software.

Despite the news, Microsoft shares still fell more than 4 per cent in after-hours trading, which may signal that investors wanted new of even stronger growth signs in Microsoft’s rebound.

Overall though, it looks like demand in the PC market has returned with a 24 per cent yearly increase during the first quarter of new machine global shipments according to research house IDC.

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