Lenovo expects big PC sales impact from Windows 7

SHANGHAI Oct 24 (Reuters) - Lenovo (0992.HK), the world's fourth-biggest personal computer maker, expects a significant positive impact on its PC sales from the launch of Microsoft's (MSFT.O) new operating system, Windows 7, the PC maker's chairman said on Saturday.

"It will have a big impact, and we have made a lot of preparations for it," Lenovo Chairman Liu Chuanzhi told Reuters on the sidelines of a industry forum.

Microsoft Corp launched Windows 7 on Thursday in its most important release for more than a decade, aiming to win back customers after the disappointing Vista and strengthen its grip on the PC market. (Reporting by Melanie Lee and David Lin; Editing by Edmund Klamann)