Microsoft has in Japan, combined Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live OneCare in one eye-popping hot pink box.
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.
Image: Box Shot
Link: istartedsomething
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.
Image: Box Shot Link: istartedsomething
edit: Haha, I just noticed someone else said the same thing in the comments.
How could you NOT notice this when creating the box.
The country that brought us Hello Kitty was my beautifully PORTUGAL, not Japan...
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." ?
A Hello Kitty é portuguesa? Como é que é isso?
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...
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?
lol
OK. So who brought this to the world:
of course, salmon pink is a lot better than hot pink
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."
indeed, crazy and smart are a deadly combination
hence why we have pink windows
no.
the 2500 means limited 2500 copies.
EDIT: sorry I didn't see your reply, Richteralan
Unfortunately, the box design isn't.
...well I think so
yikes.... first thing came to mind when reading the title
Peptobismol.
Yes, god forbid the use of color if it's not drab and "tasteful" like beige.
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.
Can you see that I am serious?
(lol, nice reference.)
"Awesoma Powa!"
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.
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.
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