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:
Topics covered by Microsoft employees before creating the page above:
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:
Psych Wards are Full of People
Who Have Been Driven Mad by this Website
- 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.
- 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.
