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HP goes over the top in packaging

The folks over at The Register posted story about an amazing excess of packaging from HP. Apparently in an effort to send some licensing certificates, each set of two certificates was wrapped in a piece of foam, packed into a small box, and then the 16 small boxes were packed into one big box - which from the photo looks almost like two smaller boxes taped together. It's really stunning the amount of packaging for 32 sheets of paper.

Has HP not heard of envelopes? Or better yet, email? Next time you feel the need for bubble wrap, go virtual for your popping with this online bubble wrap popping flash tool and package things a little less.

[Via Slashdot]

Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Commercial

New packaging for Vista and Office

New Vista and Office 2007 packaging

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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