But rather than create an immediate sales bonanza, experts caution that it is more likely to have an impact over the long term. Windows 7 has received favorable reviews thus far. And the $244 billion-a-year PC industry is fervently hoping the new software will help bring buyers back into stores, after a steep drop in sales earlier this year. Microsoft is counting on its new operating system, which goes on sale today, to mend relations with customers like Lew and to shore up what is a core business for the world’s largest software company. But she had heard good things about Microsoft’s new Windows 7, and she planned to do more research before making a final choice. Though recently unemployed, and watching her wallet, Lew said her frustration with Microsoft’s widely criticized Vista operating system was making her lean toward a more expensive MacBook that runs Apple’s software instead. “My last laptop had Vista, and it was a terrible experience,” said Lew, a 28-year-old marketing specialist who was shopping for a new computer at a Fry’s electronics store in San Jose last week. There’s a chance Windows 7 could win her back. Windows Vista may have driven Sandra Lew straight into Apple’s arms.
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