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Despite the surge in pre-sales and the overabundance of praised showered on Windows 7, Gartner Research says that worldwide shipments of PCs will continue on its downward spiral for at least the next two quarters. According to Gartner, an estimated 274 million PCs will ship worldwide during 2009 which would be a 6 percent drop from the 292 million PCs shipped in 2008.

"Although the buzz surrounding Windows 7 has generally been quite positive, we don't expect the market to significantly deviate from its normal seasonal trends in reaction to its release," said Gartner research director George Shiffler. "Unless Microsoft mounts a major marketing campaign in support of Windows 7, we think consumers will simply adopt the new operating system (OS) as they would normally buy new PCs and/or replace old ones."