BleepingComputer.com: Windows 7 takes to the streets with a series of launch events near you!

With the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has taken to the streets of New York City and throughout the rest of the country with a series of launch events.

Starting on October 23rd, Microsoft and HP will be hosting a series of events located in stores around NYC. The stores will contains demos of new HP hardware running Windows 7 as well as contests and giveaways. The list of the stores where these events will take place is:

 

Store	Time	Location
Office Depot	10 a.m. - 4 p.m.	1441 Broadway
Staples	10 a.m. - 4 p.m.	5-9 Union Square Street
Best Buy	1 p.m. - 7 p.m.	60 W 23rd Street
Best Buy	1 p.m. - 7 p.m.	1280 Lexington Ave.
Best Buy	1 p.m. - 7 p.m.	1880 Broadway

Microsoft and HP are also sponsoring events featuring NBA players over the next several weeks to promote Windows 7, including a sweepstakes promotion that will award six trips for two to the 2010 NBA Playoffs and one trip for two to the NBA Finals. Secondary prizing will include HP and Microsoft product and/or NBA-themed merchandise - including seven notebooks given away every week. The list of NBA players and locations can be found below:

Player	Location	Date	Time	Store	Address
Eric "Sleepy" Floyd	Washington DC	Oct. 24th	1 p.m. - 4 p.m.	Best Buy	3401 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22305
BJ Armstrong	Chicago	Oct. 31st	1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Best Buy	1000 W. North Ave Chicago, Il. 60622
Dominique Wilkins	Atlanta	Nov. 7th	12 p.m. - 2 p.m.	Best Buy	1875 Pleasant Hill Rd Duluth, GA 30096
TBD	Philadelphia	Nov. 15th	1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Best Buy	2300 S Christopher Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19148
Earl Monroe	New York	Nov. 21st	1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Best Buy	52 E. 14th Street #64 New York, NY 10003
Clyde Drexler	Houston	Nov. 29th	1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Best Buy	5133 Richmond Ave Houston, TX 77056
Kareem Abdul Jabbar	Los Angeles	Dec. 5th	1 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Best Buy	2909 Los Feliz Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90039

 

All in all, these events look like a lot of fun for both geeks and basketball fans.

 

I want to get windows 7 but im stuck with windows xp

I'm sticking with XP/Linux dual boot. Windows 7, while nice and shiny, has things I don't like (Vista does too.) (see also: "Trusted" Computing.)

This post has been edited by Amazing Andrew: 25 October 2009 - 05:51 PM

are you saying 7 does not comply?

I'm saying that "Trusted" Computing is anything but trustworthy, and Windows 7 is at the forefront of implementing it.