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A Polish web site has published pictures of the Windows 7 retail box designs. Looks nice!
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Long Zheng seems to think they're fake but who knows! They look nice but "Upgrade Pass"? What does that mean? Sounds like a poor translation from Polish or something to me.
See http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090511/false-alarm-leaked-windows-7-b... - initially says that they are fake, but then suggests that they might not be. I'd take a stab that Paul already knows whether they are real or not, but can't state it for the record due to NDA, so just re-posts pictures already on the net.
Also think they're a little too simple looking to be real, or at least seem to be a "preliminary" version.
To be honest, playing off a past Windows Weekly, these could be fake but Microsoft may like them enough to make them official.
They do look pretty good, and work off of the rather clean style of the OS. As a complete sidenote: Anyone having issues with the RC? It's feeling almost sluggish compared to earlier builds on my netbook
That's only 3 of the 18 editions.
Not surprisingly, they look like Vista (2).
@resplendent
They are pretty simple, but also clean. The Vista retail boxes were fairly clean to on the front. Mine had two stickers added to the front. The back of the box wasn't so simple, lol.
@robertsjoe
Only 3 because there is going to only be 3 retail copies sold to the public. The others will be business versions that don't need flashy retail packaging. The rest is starter copy for emerging nations, that again probably don't need the added cost of fancy packaging to raise the cost of the software.
In the end you are left with the 3 core versions to the public.
Plus the Vista boxes looked good on the shelf...where is sat...and sat...but never heard complaints about the packaging.
I like these early pictures and the box's shape.
Hmm... hate to agree with robertsjoe but they do look like recycled Vista boxes.
Just wish Microsoft would go with more environmentally friendly packaging. A corporation their size would be do a lot of good just by repackaging their products.
"hate to agree with robertsjoe but they do look like recycled Vista boxes."
How appropriate.
BTW, Microsoft is hinting at June for new Zunes.
hahahahahahaha! 4 people in the world care.
Funniest thing since I heard Paul say that Windows 7 was elegant.
I'm going to err on the fake side for right now. And why does Anytime Upgrade need a box?
"Just wish Microsoft would go with more environmentally friendly packaging. A corporation their size would be do a lot of good just by repackaging their products."
I agree, especially considering that 90% of Windows 7 will come with a new PC or be installed by corporations. People buying Windows 7 off a shelf will be very few. They should be in a package big enough to hold the DVD and that is it. Do it like Sams does for iPod's. A cardboard picture you take to the register and they go get it for you when you purchase it, from some secure location.
There is a rumor that it will be a Zune phone.
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/05/12/microsoft-hints-at-new-zune-for...
http://twitter.com/officethemovie/statuses/1771318840
"New product launch, that's all I'm allowed to say. Hold off from buying an iPhone/Pre. :)"
Hopefully it will have the Zune interface and not the WM interface.
I am sure Paul will post something saying he was the first one to break this news:)
Is Windows 7 all about the birds and trees and things that are green? Looks like it from the Home Premium cover :P Anyway, the covers are really nice.
The boxes look nice, and like tree, birds (and flowers?) that are coming out of the Windows logo. I like the blue "Pro" more than the green "Home Premium."
One thing that nobody pointed out:
This lists a retail box for Windows 7 Home Basic to Home Premium.
Home Basic is only going to be available in developing countries though, so are Home Premium upgrades going to really be prevalent in those countries?
I doubt it. I smell a fake.
