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It's party time in honor of Windows 7
Microsoft has selected a group of technology fans to host official launch parties. The party hosts will have a chance of winning a Windows PC valued at $750, Microsoft said.
A video on YouTube shows the lucky finalists how to throw their own Windows 7 launch parties.
No offense to the four cheerful people in the YouTube video, but they seem to be promoting a pretty pedestrian affair, offering their guests a basic menu of fruit, cheese and what appear to be devilled eggs before getting down to showing off the actual operating system.
And is it me, or did one actress in the video also appear on a “Magic Bullet” infomercial?
Hey, it worked for Tupperware, it just might work for Windows 7. And if launch parties don’t catch on, maybe Microsoft could get a better response with memorial services for Windows 7’s predecessor. “Vigils for Vista” has a nice ring to it.
Posted by Trudy Walsh on Sep 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM