Inside the Windows 7 Launch Party Pack 267
Barence writes to tell us that it seems Microsoft has been grinding away in the corporate world for so long, they have forgotten what "fun" means. PC Pro managed to get their hands on one of the "party packs," and it seems woefully inadequate. Nowhere did we see a pin-the-chair on the Ballmer game, giveaways that you might actually use, or even a few balloons or streamers. Instead, the only reason to get a party pack seems to be the free copy of Windows Ultimate Signature edition, which doesn't do much for your party guests (unless you burn them all copies I guess, but we would never condone that). All-in-all, it seems that Microsoft should have gone to the nearest dorm room and asked for some pointers on how to have a good party.
That about sums it up (Score:5, Insightful)
Windows 7 house party is like a dell secrets site (Score:2, Insightful)
There is just no punch
Re:OMG! (Score:3, Insightful)
They could at least have a LAN party (Score:5, Insightful)
If they'd given out, say, 10 copies of Windows 7, 10 copies of a game that uses Windows 7 in some useful way, and a 10-port LAN hub, at least you could have a LAN party.
Re:I wonder (Score:4, Insightful)
Install Kubuntu and just tell them it's 7.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Is-it-Windows-7-or-KDE-4-/0,139023769,339294810,00.htm [zdnet.com.au]
What was expected? (Score:3, Insightful)
It seems like everyone had expectations that the party pack would be free copies of Windows 7, free food, free decorations, free ...
Are you seeing a pattern? I guess people thought that the Launch Party was a time where Microsoft could give away lots of free stuff. I'm not sure that's the point.
I still think it failed and was pretty bad marketing, but I don't think the point of the party pack was to give away free copies of their software that they want people to buy. And I wasn't expecting them to give you brownies.
Oh well. The summary writer had a pretty obvious slant/bias. Pin-the-chair-on-Ballmer game? Right...
Re:Yep (Score:2, Insightful)
The only way a Windows Launch Party Pack would be fun is if it included a large quantity of alcohol.
Re:I'm not sure what they got... (Score:3, Insightful)
5 digits... This is such a sad day for me.
Re:Yep (Score:5, Insightful)
LoB
Re:What? (Score:1, Insightful)
Wait? No Condoms?
If you're actually throwing a Windows 7 party, you aren't going to have any use for condoms.
Re:Chair not included? (Score:3, Insightful)
Just remember, there are more Mac users who have Windows installed on their machines than Windows users who have OSX installed on theirs.
Re:Yep (Score:4, Insightful)
FYI, marketing does not make something good, only familiar.
LoB
Re:it takes you SIX MONTHS to fix? (Score:5, Insightful)
LoB
Re:Nerds! (Score:3, Insightful)
Well maybe there are at least some interesting debugging symbols? You know they don't strip stuff, how else could an OS that comes with hardly any software applications save for a media player and word process that does not even spell check need to ship on a dvd.