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New packaging for Vista and Office
by Jordan Running Oct 31st 2006 at 9:20AM
Over at the Windows Vista Team Blog they're showing off some renders of the new retail packaging that Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be shipping in. Is this news? Well... no. But the packages are pretty and clearly show the direction Windows is going in, i.e. away from this and toward this. Says Microsoft's Nick White: "Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that's designed to protect the software inside for life-long use. It provides a convenient and attractive place for you to permanently store both discs and documentation." Microsoft intends to extend the same style to the rest of its product lines in the coming year.
Check out some bigger pix after the jump.
Update: Reader Don alerts us that Neowin.net has some additional shots, including Vista Ultimate, Home Premium, and Business. I've updated the images above and below the cut to include them.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kenny said 9:57AM on 10-31-2006
Curious; is the new "Home and Student" discounted edition available to more people than the old "Student and Teacher" one was?
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Nate said 10:06AM on 10-31-2006
Is it just me or do these look like the MS Office boxes for Mac?
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Elias said 11:09AM on 10-31-2006
Is it just me, or is this a DVD case with a rounded edge?
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Don Wilson said 11:34AM on 10-31-2006
Even more screenshots: http://uploads.neowin.net/download.php?file=post-51806-1162265577.jpg&name=Untitled.jpg
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Diddle said 12:03PM on 10-31-2006
Yay! More trash for the landfill!
I'll be buying the OEM variety with a tiny piece of cardboard and the CD in a paper envelope. :p
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asurroca said 11:47PM on 10-31-2006
And just the other day, I was thinking the packaging might look like this because the icons pertaining to Windows software include a box just like these. If you're running RC2, look at the Welcome Center, and you'll see.
Nice design on paper, but I'll wait till a product photo surfaces before I pass judgement. It all depends on the materials they use to construct the case.
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itamar said 2:37AM on 11-04-2006
Hi,
Most of us get it installed already in our laptop, they do not even give u a hard copy!
Itamar.
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