People quing for WIndows 8
The midnight opening of Currys and PC World on London's Tottenham Court Road, attracted scores of Microsoft fans looking to be the amongst the first to get their hands on a copy of Windows 8. See Microsoft Windows 8 review.
It's not very often that you get people queuing in great numbers for anything other than the latest iOS device, but it seems Microsoft has caught the imagination of queue-happy tech fans in the UK with its new Windows 8 OS launch. See also Microsoft Surface RT review.
The crowd that Windows 8 has attracted at Currys and PC world in London comes as a bit of a surprise as the new OS has been available to download and try in 'Consumer preview' from for sometime now. Visit Microsoft launches Windows 8.
It's also a bit of a surprise as buying the WIndows 8 DVD in store is double the price of downloading it from the comfort of your own home (£24.99 for the download; £49.99 for the DVD). That said, the Windows 8 download is a massive file and to instal it would require one to create a bootable disk/drive of some kind for the .iso file. Go to Microsoft Surface RT vs Apple iPad comparison review for more.)
Anyway, that's not the story here. The story is "look at the queue!". Microsoft is back…probably.
Now enjoy some more pictures of people queuing for software.
Comments
Byron said: Mehhh I see bigger queues standing at bus stops everyday And I read that in some US stores the only way to get people to line up was to offer 100 Xbox vouchers for the first hundred customers
Mfenwy said: Probably illustrates the number of people who want to be rid of Windows 7
Tim said: Ive been running the preview version on my laptop for ages Had it on pre-order Loaded it on my twin monitor yesterday and am knocked out by the way it deals with my 2 monitors Live Tiles on one and Desktop with Taskbar on the other Its an absolute delight to work with Ignore the moaners and the Apple fans I love it
StuartStirling said: It took me just 17 mins to pay and download the new OS Cost half the price and did not have to queue up in the cold
Matt Egan said: All fair comment apart from they dont have the decency to offer an alternative interface Youre using the Desktop Thats the alternative Be fair
Pcrook said: Comments like this make no sense especially from someone who claims to beusing7 amp 8 By going straight to the desktop you have windows 7 with extras so those saying they want to downgrade from 8 to 7obviouslydo not know how 8 works
Omendata said: Yip deffo the sausage rolls and free donuts they were i am told absolutely delishusyum
Moregun Freeman said: its not worth it it may well be Microsofts answer for tablets and touch screen lappys but for desktops its abysmal and they dont have the decency to offer an alternative user interface I have been running it alongside win7 XP and Vista for several months and I have the Metro UI disabled completely its a tad faster and some real improvements but not enough to want to pay for an upgrade another website I am a member of had several users who just bought windows 8 laptops asking if they can downgrade to win 7 this is going to be a common ask I think the above article does not reflect sales just because a lot of people gathered to view the special offers on hardware does not constitute a boom in windows 8 sales
Hughandrew said: Complete FAILURE on the part of Microsoft I registered for the Win 8 upgrade This morning i went to order AND PAID for the download Crashed No link - nothing After 2 calls to Microsoft help line I was told 3 to 5 days delay to get the linkRoll on Apple - bye bye Microsoft
Murray Snudge said: Now Google it to see the sales figures - the reason people queued was because with big discounts on new devices free Beats headphones as well as sausage rolls and doughnuts for those who couldnt wait to get their hands on Microsofts latest OSI think it was the free sausage rolls and doughnuts
Keith Rider said: Were they really queuing up for it I think it was some Hot Tottie insteadKKJR
Servers said: This is indeed new for Microsoft and for non-Apple products I thought people may queue up for Windows 8 based laptoptablet but for just a software copy I dont think its worth it