Windows 7: The Wrong Way and the Right Way
October 23rd, 2009
Not everybody was apparently excited to come to a party centered around the installation of an OS on someone else’s computer. This one, the user reports, didn’t end well:
The folks at Funny or Die, however, had less trouble gathering an age/gender/race-diverse crowd for their Windows 7 Torrenting Party:
Snark.
Update:
PC World explains why the W7 Launch Parties flopped, big-time. Amongst the reasons: if you wanted to officially host a party, both you and the people attending had to sign off on some MS EULA legalese. Woohoo!
Here are some pictures from actual launch parties; as expected, no grannies or black guys.