Ballmer Signs Windows 7 Signature Edition, Sorta
And you thought only your drivers had to be signed.
Just over a month ago, Microsoft announced that it was teaming up with House Party to help people around the world throw Windows 7-themed parties the week following the launch of the new OS.
Those selected to hold Windows 7 parties can upload photos and videos, chat with other hosts and blog. The real incentive for the host to throw one of these parties is the free special Signature Edition of Windows 7 Ultimate and a Windows 7 Party Pack.
At the time we didn't know much about what "Signature Edition" meant, but now we know thanks to reports on the internet from those who have received their party packs.
Essentially, it's a promotional copy of Windows 7 Ultimate that comes in a special box adorned with a printed reproduction of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's John Hancock. Check out the photos from StuffiWrote for more.


Honestly, i will happily dump $250 for my copy of NON signed OEM Win7 Ultimate instead of throwing or attending a Win7 party.
All the power to you if you are geeky enough to claim a "legal" free copy this way.
Heck, gatecrash someone elses party with a few Win 7 stuff, stand with the crowd in the background, face cam, smile and you just threw a party for win 7.
Ebay is a laoda bs when it comes to legit and copy material. Win 7 is 1 DVD with the choice to install 64 or 32 at installation setup stage, prior to formatting.
Now that's freaking cheap!
You'd think they would at least provide the same deal that you normally have have in the retail package, a choice between 32-bit or 64-bit.
Even worse is that Ballmer was too cheap to personally sign each of the packages instead of having his signature copied. Now that is Really Cheap!
They were probably afraid that if Ballmer actually signed the packages for real, that the Signature Editions would bring a really high price on FleaBay.
Well, at least it's not as bad as we first thought, but it's still really cheap that Ballmer couldn't be bothered to personally sign each one.
Do you have ANY idea how many of these there are, and how long it'd take to sign each one? We'd have them by the time Windows 8 released.
I'm not sure why they can't make a single disc solution. Then again, on the MSDN site, you have to pick 32-bit of 64-bit...
I don't know! Have you seen Ballmer do a presentation? I'm sure he's got some performance enhancing substance… He could sign like 10 million of them in like three seconds!
Not really, but I do suppose he could spend at least one work day signing as many as possible.
You figure he could get at least between 2000 - 4000 signed in a single day.
The key works on both 32bit and 64bit editions. All you gotta do is get a copy of the 64bit iso burn it and install and it will activate. This is a promo product, beggers can't be choosers over a 10 cent blank.