I’m here at the National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour for the official launch of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 OS. There are lots of people, lots of PCs and lots of posters for Windows 7. We’ve just been let inside the theatre, and – battery life dependant – I’ll let you know what’s happening here in this post. UPDATE: It’s starting!
9:37 – A video. And a very dark room not much good for photography…
9:39 – Alex Stewart on stage. Talking about how exciting it is they’re streaming live via ustream and Twitter
9:40 – Oh, dictating twitter hashtags. God I hate when companies try and do that.
9:41 – Tracey Fellows MD of MS Australia up on stage. They seem to be playing the riff from Coldplay’s “Clocks” every time something happens.
9:43 – Apparently Windows 7 was bigger than Obama. I think someone was playing with Hyperbole
9:44 – NSW DET using Windows 7 on Lenovo netbooks. We already know about this…
9:46 – James DeBragga on stage talking about making Win7
9:47 – “Using customer as guiding light as to how to bring Windows 7 to market” Good idea after Vista…
9:48 – Customers wanted MS to make using their PC easier. They also want it to work. Seems kind of obvious to me…
9:52 – 90 per cent of beta users said Win7 was good or excellent.
9:54 – Oh dear — laptop battery dying. Moving to iPhone. Stick with it Nick… Stick with it…
9:57 – We’re now doing a live demo. “It’s windows aero made useful”. Seems Microsoft are happier about moving from Vista than consumers…
10:12 – Nope… iPhone didn’t work. Laptop gone. Doesn’t matter – we’ve seen all this before. It’s not that exciting… I’ll update everything when I find a powerpoint…
ThePengwin
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9:45 AMYay 7! Ill be waiting a few months before i purchase 7 though, im running the release candidate and its stable and will be well usable untill the start of next year :)
Clayton Wood
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 10:25 AMyou should invest in a Morphie juice pack Air??? good on the go…
Spotty
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 10:28 AMNeeded a new Macbook with 7 hour battery life with OSX! Cheers
Nick Broughall
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:58 AMFunnily enough, I have a new MBP 13-inch. Battery life was entirely my fault – forgot to plus it in last night – was busy being a Dad. I tried to juice it up this morning, but obviously not enough…
Merrily
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 10:40 AMSo as an average PC user – I have suffered Vista for a year – (even though I turned a deaf ear at first to all the whingeing, Vista stalked and finally killed me!) and now I want to buy the upgrade. Google it – search it – even a twitter came there none…. – where the heck can I buy the upgrade?? its not exactly obvious on the net – unless of course your PC qualifies for a free upgrade – whcih mine sadly does not!
ThePengwin
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:46 AMBetter yet, just buy a laptop with a user changeable battery.
Richard
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:55 AMFamily Pack for Australia?
Adam Currie
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:11 PM@Merrily – City Software have it all on their front page. Doesn’t seem to be any sort of love for those who endured Vista though, upgrade prices are close to full versions.
samual
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:26 PMI’ve been running the 7 beta and then the RC and its been great, the window management & new task bar is probably the best feature for me. will probably pick up a copy of 7 after xmas.
Before, i was running vista and i only occasionally ran into an odd / old program which wouldn’t run properly but you get that with any OS.
Tim
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:00 PMI had every intention of buying windows 7 in the new year but I don’t see why I should pay $200 more than my US conterparts. Now prove me wrong and put up the comment.