Windows Vista Goes Pink !
Posted by HappyAndyK via WinVistaClub on 29 March 2008 - 13:44 · 57 comments & 23458 views
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#2 Posted by HoochieMamma on 29 Mar 2008 - 13:52
- Looks like a box of tampons.
edit: Haha, I just noticed someone else said the same thing in the comments. -
#2.2 Posted by NiceCarpet on 29 Mar 2008 - 14:18
- Heh was just going to say the same thing.
How could you NOT notice this when creating the box.
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#3 Posted by
neufuse on 29 Mar 2008 - 13:54
- It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
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#3.1 Posted by bigKaiseR on 29 Mar 2008 - 14:13
- (neufuse said @ #1)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan... -
#3.2 Posted by neufuse on 29 Mar 2008 - 14:18
- (bigKaiseR said @ #3.1)(neufuse said @ #1)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
Really? wow we were always taught it was Japan..
Actually... "Hello Kitty is a very simply drawn character who was created in 1974 by the Sanrio Company in Tokyo, Japan." ? -
#3.3 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 29 Mar 2008 - 15:00
- (bigKaiseR said @ #3.1)The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
A Hello Kitty é portuguesa? Como é que é isso? -
#3.4 Posted by Richteralan on 29 Mar 2008 - 16:34
- (bigKaiseR said @ #3.1)(neufuse said @ #1)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
Riiiiiight,
The country that brought us Dragonball was my beautifully CONGO, not Japan... -
#3.5 Posted by phiberoptik on 29 Mar 2008 - 20:01
- (bigKaiseR said @ #3.1)(neufuse said @ #1)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
Did your government tell you that as you grew up so you would be proud of your country?
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#3.6 Posted by +Octol on 30 Mar 2008 - 00:18
- (neufuse said @ #3)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
OK. So who brought this to the world:
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#3.8 Posted by sLm4ever on 30 Mar 2008 - 06:29
- it wasn't PORTUGAL nor Japan .... it was Saudi Arabia
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#3.9 Posted by brianshapiro on 30 Mar 2008 - 17:48
- pink is one of those colors that because its synthetic and not a natural color it can be garish to use in fashion, but has in the past been overused in women's fashion because young girls are obsessed with flowers and ponies and things that are pink and purple. Just like boys are obsessed with dinosaurs and cars. It looks as bad on women as men. The only men daring enough to wear pink have a "chic" fashion sense that aligns with the scary sense of style that young pony-obsessed girls wear.
of course, salmon pink is a lot better than hot pink
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#3.10 Posted by applelinuxwindows on 30 Mar 2008 - 18:25
- (bigKaiseR said @ #3.1)(neufuse said @ #1)It always amazes me how everythign in japan is always so cutesy and so girlish looking... kinda neat it a way... but this is the country that brought us Hello Kitty so it's expected
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
What the **** are you saying?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty
"Hello Kitty (ハローキティ, Harō Kiti?) is the best-known of many fictional characters produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. Hello Kitty is a very simply drawn character who was created in 1974 by the Sanrio Company in Tokyo, Japan. Registered in 1976, Hello Kitty is now a globally known trademark."
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#4 Posted by Angel Blue01 on 29 Mar 2008 - 14:01
- Wow
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#5 Posted by Suren on 29 Mar 2008 - 14:46
- whats wrong with being pink? what have westerners got against pink?
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#6 Posted by X'tyfe on 29 Mar 2008 - 15:14
- only in japan
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#6.2 Posted by X'tyfe on 29 Mar 2008 - 15:50
- (Lasker said @ #6.1)and smart as well
indeed, crazy and smart are a deadly combination
hence why we have pink windows
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#7 Posted by SIE on 29 Mar 2008 - 15:43
- If that 2,500 is the price then I'm more amazed by that, £12.63 !!!! OneCare alone costs nearly three times that here ffs, robbing bastards.
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#7.2 Posted by Richteralan on 29 Mar 2008 - 17:44
- (SIE said @ #7)If that 2,500 is the price then I'm more amazed by that, £12.63 !!!! OneCare alone costs nearly three times that here ffs, robbing bastards.
no.
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#7.3 Posted by SIE on 29 Mar 2008 - 18:00
- Thank god for that, i'm happy to know it's not just us getting ripped of.
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#8 Posted by RanCorX2 on 29 Mar 2008 - 16:05
- with a tacky box like that it looks like a bootleg copy.
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#9 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 29 Mar 2008 - 16:08
- Pink is badass.
Unfortunately, the box design isn't.
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#10 Posted by +ispamforfood on 29 Mar 2008 - 16:30
- Wow, thats just scary........ :p
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#11 Posted by Mendes on 29 Mar 2008 - 16:33
- I saw this picture once when I was searching for a Microsoft's box image and I thought it was fake
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#12 Posted by johnnyftw on 29 Mar 2008 - 17:51
- Great, I can see it now apple making fun of windows for a pink pansy box.
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#13 Posted by atari800 on 29 Mar 2008 - 18:39
- There should be a picture of "Fishbulb" on the front
...well I think so
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#16 Posted by .Kompressor on 29 Mar 2008 - 21:46
yikes.... first thing came to mind when reading the title
Peptobismol.-
#16.1 Posted by Esvandiary on 31 Mar 2008 - 08:35
- Bahaha... Very true. Although for me it was just "oh god my eyes"...
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#17 Posted by +PharosBR on 29 Mar 2008 - 21:47
- Windows bundled with a Microsoft anti-virus? Let's start a raffle on how much Microsoft would have to pay for antitrust fines on this here in the States and Europe. Let me start: 200 billion?
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#17.1 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 29 Mar 2008 - 22:33
- You're right that this would likely end up with an anti-trust case brought against Microsoft by the greedy anti-virus vendors... however I am of the FIRM belief that Microsoft has a right to protect it's operating system from being infected with malware if it so chooses... just because the operating system hasn't protected itself in the past is not a barrier to it beginning to do so.
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#21 Posted by LTD on 29 Mar 2008 - 23:45
- So . . . will people actually want it now?
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#21.1 Posted by Drakesh on 30 Mar 2008 - 12:47
- Mediocre product in a flashy box hasn't exactly done much for Mac sales, so why should Vista be any different?
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#21.2 Posted by LTD on 01 Apr 2008 - 03:39
- (Drakesh said @ #21.1)Mediocre product in a flashy box hasn't exactly done much for Mac sales, so why should Vista be any different?
Oh of course not. Apple is simply going through the most revolutionary stage in its history and pulling the rest of the underachieving industry with it, with Leopard as the premiere OS.
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#22 Posted by atari800 on 30 Mar 2008 - 01:53
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#22.1 Posted by LTD on 30 Mar 2008 - 11:27
- I'm disrespectful to dirt!!
Can you see that I am serious?
(lol, nice reference.)
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#24 Posted by linuxamp on 30 Mar 2008 - 14:26
- There's one important point about cherry blossoms that is often overlooked. BEER!! Yes, beer, well beer and sake.
Hanami is an annual event which literally means "Flower Viewing" but it's more like western tail gate BBQs. Every park in Tokyo fills with crowds of Tokyoites who say they're "viewing flowers" but are actually just there to eat and get drunk with their friends.
So to all of you who say that Japan and their cherry blossoms are girly I invite you to take part in a hanami party and see just how girly it is.
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#25 Posted by brianshapiro on 30 Mar 2008 - 17:41
- Hello Kitty Has No Mouth
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#28 Posted by C_Guy on 31 Mar 2008 - 17:53
- It's really sad to see so many people think this is "gay" or like "feminine products" or whatever (I admit this first thing I thought of was Hello Kitty)
But what a lot of people seem to be forgetting is they would never, ever see this in America because it was specifically geared for a different culture and different market. If people bothered to read the article they might have stumbled on this: "The pink flowers are called sakura (cherry blossoms) and this is being released for the Sakura or ‘Cherry Blossom’ season, which is a BIG event in Japan."
This explains the design and why this design could be a big hit in Japan.
Grow up a little and realize that what appeals to other cultures may not appeal to you but that doesn't make it gay, crazy, stupid, or anything else.
As a special promotion for the Japanese market, an upgrade version of Windows Vista Home Premium is bundled with a year’s subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of a Vista tips and tricks book. The pink flowers are called sakura (cherry blossoms) and this is being released for the Sakura or ‘Cherry Blossom’ season, which is a BIG event in Japan.