Here’s a SO-painfully-lame-it’s-funny promotional advertisement from Microsoft.
If you really feel a need to have a Windows 7 release party, here’s an alternative plan:
1. Wait until October 29th
2. Download and install Ubuntu 9.10
3. Fire up a torrent of an unauthorized copy of Windows 7
4. Install VirtualBox and Windows 7 on that
Note that steps 3 & 4 are entirely detrimental optional.
WSJ:
Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many of the least-expensive laptops with the software are likely to be limited to running three applications at a time and miss out on other key features, or pay for an upgrade.
This must be an extension of their “get them addicted” strategy. Only a true junkie would accept such an arrangement.
