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New packaging for Vista and Office
Over at the Windows Vista Team Blog they're showing off some renders of the new retail packaging that Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be shipping in. Is this news? Well... no. But the packages are pretty and clearly show the direction Windows is going in, i.e. away from this and toward this. Says Microsoft's Nick White: "Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that's designed to protect the software inside for life-long use. It provides a convenient and attractive place for you to permanently store both discs and documentation." Microsoft intends to extend the same style to the rest of its product lines in the coming year.
Check out some bigger pix after the jump.
Update: Reader Don alerts us that Neowin.net has some additional shots, including Vista Ultimate, Home Premium, and Business. I've updated the images above and below the cut to include them.
Via Neowin.net.
Via Neowin.net.
Via Neowin.net.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsKennyOct 31st 2006 9:57AM
Curious; is the new "Home and Student" discounted edition available to more people than the old "Student and Teacher" one was?
NateOct 31st 2006 10:06AM
Is it just me or do these look like the MS Office boxes for Mac?
EliasOct 31st 2006 11:09AM
Is it just me, or is this a DVD case with a rounded edge?
Don WilsonOct 31st 2006 11:34AM
Even more screenshots: http://uploads.neowin.net/download.php?file=post-51806-1162265577.jpg&name=Untitled.jpg
DiddleOct 31st 2006 12:03PM
Yay! More trash for the landfill!
I'll be buying the OEM variety with a tiny piece of cardboard and the CD in a paper envelope. :p
asurrocaOct 31st 2006 11:47PM
And just the other day, I was thinking the packaging might look like this because the icons pertaining to Windows software include a box just like these. If you're running RC2, look at the Welcome Center, and you'll see.
Nice design on paper, but I'll wait till a product photo surfaces before I pass judgement. It all depends on the materials they use to construct the case.
itamarNov 4th 2006 2:37AM
Hi,
Most of us get it installed already in our laptop, they do not even give u a hard copy!
Itamar.