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Windows 7 box art confirmed, product page now live on MS Store
by Brad Linder Jun 6th 2009 at 12:00PM
The product page also has a list of reasons to buy the new operating system, including the fact that it's faster and more responsive than Vista, allows users to stream media over a network, and has a a new and improved taskbar. No surprises there, but I have to agree, these are all pretty good reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista, as are the other highlights listed on the product page. Whether they'll be enough to get holdouts to upgrade from Windows XP remains to be seen.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rcarm said 12:17PM on 6-06-2009
Looks good.
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KeegdnaB said 12:56PM on 6-06-2009
I like it
When it first got leaked people were complaining it looked too much like Vista. Aside from the shape, it actually looks alot more like XP's with the simple, solid color and big Windows logo in the center (with a touch of bloom)
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billcantfart said 1:39PM on 6-06-2009
Is the Windows logo shedding?
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Votre said 10:03PM on 6-06-2009
Oh my goodness. It's so beautiful. And so original too! Now I know why all those package designers get the big bucks. ;-)
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Kevin said 3:38PM on 6-06-2009
If they're trying so hard to distance themselves from Vista, why on earth did they choose to package the most mainstream version in a green box?
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shaunisadirty said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
Because originally the most main stream version of xp was in a big green box. If everybody has been saying for the past three years that xp > vista (which it's not, imo), then advertising states that's what you associate 7 with. It's good advertising on their part. Personally though to me, it's just a box, it's what's inside that counts, and so far what's inside is absolutely amazing.
Jeff said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
Go all the back to XP and you have the same color scheme: green for XP Home, blue for XP Professional.
Kevin said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
That's a good point, but Vista's all-encompassing theme was deeply based in the same green. I think it's a mistake for them to even allude to it, let alone make the entire box the same shade of green. Especially the most mainstream version that 95%+ of homes will have (granted most of those pre-installed on new PCs).
At least use a lighter green like on Download Squad's page.
Gardiner Westbound said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
I finally bought a new computer with Vista pre-installed. It's not the nightmare I expected, perhaps because I held out long enough for M$ to get many of the bugs out, but it is a pain in the ass relative to XP. Seems to me I should be entitled to a discounted W7 upgrade.
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kingabraham3 said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
engadget has reported some info regarding pricing, though obviously not definitive: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/best-buy-memo-explains-that-vista-doesnt-work-details-windows/
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sitruc said 10:04PM on 6-06-2009
Downloadsquad covered that yesterday.
tingrin87 said 9:44AM on 6-07-2009
i'm sorry, but it's a BOX.
why are people ooh-ing and aah-ing over it?
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bigsofty said 9:44AM on 6-07-2009
Because this site has a weird behind the scenes association with Microsoft, constant off topic (WTF has this to do with downloading anything?) MS product posts, followed by really weird MS fanboys (who illogically fawn over product placements) comments, who give the impression they all work at redmond... its really annoying and putting people off this feed...
David432111 said 9:44AM on 6-07-2009
@bigsofty
Oh, you mean like the apple fanboys over at engadget? And engadget obsession with all things apple?
Lee Mathews said 1:12PM on 6-08-2009
I can truthfully say that there's nothing weird about our behind-the-scenes relationship with Microsoft. Unless you count my torrid affair with Steve Ballmer.
But seriously dude. I don't even know anyone that works at MS.
And since they do power almost 90% of the world's computers, so sometimes we like to report on their product news.