A quick word on Windows 7 launch parties...

Many of you have already seen this cringeworthy video of some PR flak's interpretation of what a "Windows 7 Launch Party" should look like:



Unsurprisingly they fizzled as a "complete and utter failure", but we didn't hear much about this - either because so few were held or because of the reams of legalese that apparently even those RSVPing had to commit to.

Remember high school--cool kids went to parties and had fun while nerds hung out at math club and played Dungeons and Dragons? Well, the two don't mix. Hosting a party where you play Dungeons and Dragons or discuss algebraic functions doesn't make you cool just because you put the word ‘party' on it.

Apple is cool. Microsoft is not.

Thanks Krishna Subramanian, Devan Sabaratnam and YouTube's badicalindustries for this blast from the past:



The critique writes itself. Learn from your mistakes people.