Windows 8 Drops in the Middle of My Month of Halloween Horror

Windows 8 is officially available for purchase starting today... from... here, I think.  At the time I setup this link to the official Microsoft Windows website, I found I would need a PhD in Microsoft to determine how much money they want me to give them to get my hands on a copy of the operating system.  Seriously, all I want to know is how much this thing costs and where I should send the money.  You try looking at this page and telling me how much the product they are selling will cost me:

 

Psych Wards are Full of People 

Who Have Been Driven Mad by this Website

Topics covered by Microsoft employees before creating the page above:

• We want to tell people that Windows 8 will be release on October 26.  Good.
• It's critical that people know Windows 8 will be "Serious. Fun."  This is essential.
• Include the phrase "And more" because people should be aware that our product will do more than what we are able to explain using words, pictures and video.
• Finally, as we are all aware, offering a new version of the best selling computer operating system in the history of the world is best conveyed by the image of a man holding up a child who is sucking on a lollipop.  Put that front and center on the site.

Topics not covered during this meeting:

• Screen captures of the actual product
• Displaying the price of the new product
• The competition has a much better page that describes their latest os

I've written about my experience using the pre-release copy of Windows 8 I snagged several months ago here.

Oh and I am impressed by the fact that Microsoft is offering these new computer/ tablet things that run Windows 8:

Someone should have told the graphic designer to adjust

the hue/ saturation slider before going to publication

with the image above.