The current ad circular from Staples shows they are now selling Lenovo boxes with Intel Pentium processor, 4Gb RAM, 1 TB HD,
and Windows 7... reduced from $500 to $400. That is not a refurbed unit.
They have a wide selection of new and refurbed on their website with Win 7 on them.
pc with windows 7 | StaplesŪ
Looks like they are being smart and responding to demand.