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Windows 7 Steve Ballmer’s Edition

Marketing in Microsoft has always been a strong area (I think it is the main reason that Microsoft is Microsoft today) and they do not hesitate to go a little further every time. This time: Presenting Windows 7 Steve Ballmer’s Edition.

Well it is not exactly what you may think; it does not have special “Ballmer features”, or using only desktop backgrounds with Microsoft’s CEO. But what it does have is a special box edition with Ballmer’s signature.

The lucky ones that will receive this package are those that are throwing a Windows 7 party (we’ve discussed this earlier). But here’s an interesting story published by ArsTechnica: A very enthusiast Windows user sent an e-mail to Microsoft complaining that even though he completed the registration to Windows 7 party, no Caribbean countries were eligible to use it. So the company in response, sent the Windows 7 with Ballmer’s signature and the Windows 7 Party Kit.

Original story in sutffiwrote

I’m pretty sure that once this story hit public, a million complains were received from Microsoft. But still, sounds good to me that the company is trying to reward those enthusiast that are trying to help Windows 7 marketing, even though they participate in a contest or not.

Organize a Launch Party and Get a Windows 7 for Free

With the arrival of Windows 7, Microsoft is trying to come down hard with all the marketing. So far, the new operating system has not failed to them in their expectations, end users are very pleased with the look-n-feel and the performance (even from the first public beta). That’s why they want to get all the people that they can to try the OS; and in the UK they had a great idea: Put together a launch party of Windows 7 and you’ll get a Windows 7 Ultimate for free (original cost u$s319,99 and the upgrade version u$s219,99).

So what’s the idea with this launch party? Basically you’ll need everything that you ordinary need organizing a party, invite friends, handling RSVPs, and in this case you’ll get the chance to interact with other organizers, blog your experience, share photos and videos, etc; all of that focused in one product: Windows 7. And your friends at the party can look like this (yes, the amazed faces included):

To participate, you only need to sign up (free registration), choose a party theme from PhotoPalooza, Media Mania, Setting up with Ease, and Family Friendly Fun and HouseParty host will guide you through the entire process.