Could This Be Windows 7 Retail Packaging?
Could this be what Windows 7 will look like in stores?
With Microsoft only having confirmed that Windows 7 will be shipping in time for this holiday season, it’s hard to accept that its marketing department has already finalized the box art for its retail copies of the new OS. But it’s still fun to look at. Pictures come courtesy of CentrumXP.pl.
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Looks shiny enough to say yes
I'd expect all of them to be blue like XP. Windows 7's color is blue. But there was none for Vista.
Looks good, but probably not final. There's no fine print on the box label.
I doubt these are real, but they sure look good enough.
These just look like vista cases...
Photoshopping is fun!
They do look the part though.
I wish I got the pretty boxes with my copies of microsoft products. I know a guy who still shows off his Windows Vista Ultimate box. Lol. I also avoid him like the plauge.
I believe the final box art for Ultimate will be Steve Jobs receiving a roundhouse kick to the bawlz. MS is in talks for a contract with Chuck Norris.
It's a case! also it looks a ton better then my duct taped toghter to hold it toghter xp cardboard case i see when i look left of my computer.
I believe the final box art for Ultimate will be Steve Jobs receiving a roundhouse kick to the bawlz. MS is in talks for a contract with Chuck Norris.
I was actually thinking about a Looney Tunes style picture of Linus Torvalds dropping a big bag of money,smashing Bill Gates on the head...
Looks right, because it follows the proper colour scheme and these are the same cases MS is using for other boxed products like Expression Web II.
Also, box labels get stickered on, they are not built into the case.
Wooo shiny
"With Microsoft only having confirmed that Windows 7 will be shipping in time for this holiday season"
Well, like I predicted, they said something additional today, so those mught very well be the boxes.
See the news here:
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.25982
To sum it up: Windows 7 be released to manufacturing (RTM) by August.
Oh, and here is the offial blog post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2 [...] tone2.aspx
(This is actually yesterday's news)
Lol! looks like they had extra vista boxes and just printed windows 7 on em.
Are they really gonna call it windows 7? I thought it was just a code name, like longhorn = Vista.
Have they announced that Windows 7 is the official name? I would like that, it's straight and simple, and that way it can't be confused with Vista.
Are they really gonna call it windows 7? I thought it was just a code name, like longhorn = Vista.
Have they announced that Windows 7 is the official name? I would like that, it's straight and simple, and that way it can't be confused with Vista.
Errr.... you are both being ironic right ?
Microsoft announced that Windows codenamed "7" would actually be called Windows 7 on the 13th of October of last year. It will be.. 7 months tomorrow.
Check it out: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/w [...] ows-7.aspx
The bad perspective makes my eyes hurt!
The version names of Win7 home are stupid. They could make things easier for tech support and in chat rooms if they seperate the two homes:
Starter = Starter (Limit market version)
Home Basic = Basic (Less eye candy and bloat for NetPCs)
Home Premium = Home
Business = Professional AKA PRO (MS already did that)
Ultimate = Ultimate
BASIC and HOME - they don't need two words each.
It's VERY VERY simple Microsoft, do it now and save some headache.
i hate these damn boxes. Granted, the oversized XP "folders" were ridiculous too, but these fat mostly-empty red-pull-tab things blow. and not in a good way.
I'd expect all of them to be blue like XP. Windows 7's color is blue. But there was none for Vista.
Obviously you failed to notice the Green (Home), Blue (Business) and Black (Ultimate) that Vista came in then?
nice. they got the box to look nice, now why do the included wallpapers look so ugly?
nice. they got the box to look nice, now why do the included wallpapers look so ugly?
That's a matter of taste. I actually find some of them exceptionally good photography. I don't mind having those more artistic ones, but the ones I really like are the the photographers splendid work.
Errr.... you are both being ironic right ?Microsoft announced that Windows codenamed "7" would actually be called Windows 7 on the 13th of October of last year. It will be.. 7 months tomorrow.Check it out: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/w [...] ows-7.aspx
Oh I missed that bit of news... haha
I think it looks beautiful
As someone who is on art sites a lot, all I have to say is: Pretty!
The Vista retail boxes were more interesting. These look like a cross between Vista and XP. I hope they aren't real.
Wow, it's a box...it doesn't need to be a work of art. You buy it, open it, take out the contents, then put the box aside, likely to never be used/looked at again unless it's to throw it away.
booring... Looks too plain. I'm sure there will be more letters and info printed on the box.