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Digitising Da Vinci: Windows Vista launch
A report from Tuesday’s launch event of Windows Vista by Matt Bradfield, MSN News Editor. Microsoft is the owner of news.uk.MSN.com and the publisher of MSN News.
It’s fair to assume that for most of the people packed into the conference centre of the British Library, this will not be their first view of Windows Vista, Microsoft’s new operating system. Five years in the making, the scrutiny that has accompanied Vista’s development has ensured it has never been far from the headlines, a level of media interest culminating in today’s joint launch of Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office.
Five million people have already had first-hand experience of the various Vista betas, a fact not lost on Bill Gates who takes time out to thank the multitudes who have already grappled with the operating system. With so many already familiar with Vista, why all the interest? It’s simple, we’re here for the wow.
Microsoft has been feeling the wow around Vista for some time, the task in hand now is to share the wow with the masses who will need to part with the cash necessary to secure a copy of Vista. Will the press reporters in attendance be wowed?
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