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Harvey Norman Plan To Sell The World’s First Copy Of Windows 7

windows 7 harvey normanMe? I’ve already got Windows 7 installed on my MacBook Pro. A good chunk of you guys are probably running the new Windows OS already too. But for those people who have to purchase the software through regular retail channels, Harvey Norman is planning on hosting a midnight launch for the new OS, with the “world’s first copy” to be sold to a lucky punter by Gerry Harvey himself.

No details yet on which Harvey Norman store will be hosting the midnight launch – but as you can see from the “save the date” email I received, It’s happening next Wednesday night from 11:30pm. I’ll update with more details when they come to light…

Comments

  • Stephen Knight

    Don’t they have Windows 7 for sale in NZ?!

    • Nathan

      Yeah but due to the recession they don’t have midnight anymore.

  • Rodney

    Harvey Norman has stores in NZ… My guess is it will be one of those stores that will be selling this…

    Stupid marketing fluff IMO, Microsoft have been shipping VLK’s for it for over a month now :/

  • Richard

    Impossible. I have already bought my copy. I’m sure others have too if they have taken part in Microsoft’s upgrade from Vista promotion.

  • Dennis

    It was widely reported that Windows 7 has been sold from College book rooms already in the USA. Too late.

  • Is it too late in Australia, since legitimate copies of Window 7 have already been installed for the students of the Digital Education Revolution?

  • Gordon

    I’ld like to see someone buy it and do one of those destruction things you see on youtube (you know with the hammer). That’d put a bit of a spin on this stupid media stunt…

  • Borris

    2 things, NZ would get it before us and as dennis said a college book shop already sold a copy

  • I’m already running win7 :)

  • John Kirkham

    One of my wholesale suppliers said we can buy the windows 7 discs now but must promise not to onsell them before the 22nd…

  • Roby

    This will be at HN and Domayne in Alexandria (o’riordan St.)

  • belinda

    just wondering wwhat store are opening at midnight for the launch of windows 7?

  • Cozmo

    And the reciepient that will recieve the first copy of Windows in NZ will say

    “Oh Shut, I’m so heppy, I got the furst copy of Wundows Sivin”

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