Last Thursday, October 22nd, was the launch of Microsoft’s newest operating system, Window 7. Microsoft came up with a promotion that they thought might get more people excited about Windows 7, have a launch parties at your homes! The videos are rather humorous, they show a very broad demographic of a young woman, a middle-aged soccer mom, an older lady, a middle-aged guy, and a young black guy. Hardly the people you would envision hanging out and having a party together. But hey, they’re celebrating the Windows 7 release! Call the neighbors, it’s heeeeeere!
My friends and I are big enough nerds that this seemed like a great idea. A great idea to sit around, drink beer, and talk about computers and stuff, kinda like normal. Well, except that I’m in China, and they’re in America. My buddy Evan, a self-professed nerd, fellow Electrical Engineer, and tech nut, scored himself a Windows 7 launch party kit. It was decked out with streamers, napkins, some promotional materials, and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate signed by Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. This kit was received early so that you could play with Windows 7 and tell all your friends and neighbors how wonderful it was! Well if you’re tech-savvy at all, you’ve probably been running a Windows 7 release candidate copy on your computer for months now. I have been running Windows 7 since the beta came out… like February.
Apparently Evan went all out for the party and even got his girlfriend to bake a cake and frost it like the Windws orb logo! We had even talked about having the first online streaming launch party ever*! The night came and I sent Evan a message on Twitter, “Get on Skype! I’m here for the party!” Five minutes later and I was in the middle of the party on Evan’s tv, 3000 miles around the world. It was fun, I was able to talk to a few people that I hadn’t had much chance to talk to, give the dozen or so friends of mine a tour of my apartment (including my 3 toilets), and enjoy shooting the shit with them. The only thing I missed out on was the beer, it’s not that I don’t have any, I just didn’t really feel like drinking any since it was still 10 AM! The nerdery was off the chart as we enjoyed our Windows 7 launch party. Great idea Microsoft!
My view of the party
*Well probably not ever, in fact I’m sure someone’s already done it, but it was a first for us!
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Shane, thanks for the tours of China I very much enjoyed reading the stories and viewing the photos. I’m happy that things are going well.
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