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On Saturday 02 February 2008 11:35, Paul Sutton wrote: > Richard Brown wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm glad I like Apple's - Steve Jobs would fire any approach like this: > > > > Initially heard about this via DaringFireball... apparently literally > > EVERYTHING about Vista is designed to be unintuitive, including the > > retail box!! > > > > Direct from Microsoft's very own website- > > Windows Help and How-To: > > "Opening the Windows Vista box" > > <http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2e680b8d-211e-41c5-a > >0bf-9ccc6d7e62a21033.mspx> > > > > Good grief! Can you imagine what Steve Jobs would do to an employee > > who presented him with a retail box design that required an > > illustrated guide in order to open it?? > > For once I will commend microsoft for this, > > 1. their boxes are harder to open then those of their rivals > 2. you need a step by step guide to open the box, which could imply you > think your customers are rather stupid Knowing Microsoft the guide will be put in the box. Along with an 'Opening this box means you agree to .....' Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html