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…