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| Time: 12:04 EST/17:04 GMT | News Source: MSTechToday | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Brandon Leblanc today gives us another peak of the Windows Vista Packaging, showing the contents which looks like something out of Terminator 2. "The design on the disc is unique and fresh. Microsoft has adopted pretty much the same looking holographic CD/DVD’s since Windows 2000 and its nice to see it be given a fresh new look - which seems to be a reoccurring theme with the Windows Vista packaging in general." | ||
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| #1 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 11/2/2006 1:43:12 PM |
| Man.... Microsoft has a lot of money... that kind of packaging can't be cheap... it looks better than a lot of new cars rolling around out there... |
| #2 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 11/2/2006 2:00:41 PM |
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No wonder Ultimate costs $400.
MS, how about giving me mine in a tyvek sleeve, and take $100 off the price :) IMHO, since paper manuals died out years ago, any software package bigger than a DVD case is a total waste of resources. Yeah, I understand the marketing around such things, and I'm no major tree-hugger, but we gotta start thinking about dropping excess crap like this. TL |
| #3 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 11/2/2006 2:05:28 PM |
| I bet it comes with a USB port and software that allows one to review the EULA and make a decision to accept/reject it before opening it - along with companion code to put any people rejecting it on the WGA naughty list - disabling XP SP2, and your car's electronic ignition - I always knew there was more to things like "On-Star" and satellite nav and entertainment systems.... Hmmmm... that old distributor cap is looking better all the time... |
| #4 By 13030 (198.22.121.110) at 11/2/2006 3:24:29 PM |
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#2: This is just one way in which marketing people justify their existence. What child dreams about growing up someday and marketing for a living?
#4: lol |
| #5 By 21203 (208.252.96.220) at 11/2/2006 3:29:57 PM |
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#2 This is the packaging on all versions of Windows Vista. It has nothing to do with Ultimate -- that is merely the specific version pictured. Go look at the Vista Home Basic version -- same package.
Edit: Actually I take that back. On the pictures revealed on the web, you can see all versions of Windows Vista with the same generalized package, but none this detailed (cover wording, "hinge" wheel, etc). You can also see that the "generalized" pictures of Vista Ultimate on the web have no opening hinge in the lower right as this picture does. So my assumption would be they all are the same, it wouldn't make much sense that they'd do one of them differently, but who knows. We'll find out for sure very soon. This post was edited by mram on Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 15:39. |
| #6 By 2459 (69.22.124.202) at 11/2/2006 3:54:59 PM |
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Based on previous materials announcements (going back to December 2005), the packaging should be composed of non-toxic and recycled materials. As far as size, it appears to be comparable to a DVD case, though with a bit more depth to hold the disc and documentation. So overall resource and environmental impact should be comparatively minimal. This post was edited by n4cer on Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 15:55. |
| #7 By 3 (62.253.128.15) at 11/2/2006 5:46:15 PM |
| #1 - they should spend some on the Zune casing then eh! |
| #8 By 32313 (208.131.186.18) at 11/2/2006 9:58:28 PM |
| From the looks of the packaging, and the way the disk hangs out, there seems to be no documentation or manual. |
| #9 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 11/3/2006 12:39:51 PM |
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Awandre,
It's only a 100 million+ lines of code operating system that costs $400 (Ultimate). All you really need is a help file. :) TL |
| #10 By 18227 (68.98.159.151) at 11/3/2006 1:23:59 PM |
| Another "peak"? Or maybe another peek. |
| #11 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 11/4/2006 11:33:14 AM |
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#11, Yes, the "iGeneration" grew up with spell checking - it can have some pretty funny results as younger people fall back on it and trust it - ignoring its limitations - spelled correctly, but in the wrong context.
It can become really bad, too... we have a young engineer who once attempted to describe what he thought was a duplication of effort - duplication, or whatever spelling he used initially, was corrected to read, "duplicitous" - he ended up accusing the process of being two-faced... we still rib him about it.. coming up with some interesting combinations to augment the original text. Where it really stands out is among the traditional news and media outlets - where one observes many works which reflect misspellings and typographical errors with increasing regularity. "anyone remember 'the little red book' ?" it helped one avoid the most common of mistakes. I still use one and check important emails and letters with it. This post was edited by lketchum on Saturday, November 04, 2006 at 13:59. |
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