I enjoy using and exploring technology as a hobby, and I just got Windows Vista. I am preparing to put it on my computer and it took me 38 minutes just to open the package! I had to actually Google "how to open windows vista box packaging" just to find out how to open the package. Microsoft has actually had to create a special help page just on how to open the new packaging to access the install disks!
For those of you who don't know, Windows "re-designed" their packaging for all versions of Office 2007 and Vista onward. Their intent was to be "user-friendly" but it sure as smoke isn't! The new package is completely plastic and pops open on the side. Wow, a cool design, but there is absolutely NO INSTRUCTIONS on how to open it on the outside. A hugely overlooked flaw. If anyone reading this is looking for help, you can find it here.
Other disadvantages of switching to hard plastic cases and not cardboard boxes is that the new plastic is not very environmentally friendly. Apparently Microsoft likes the new packaging because it will "protect your software for a lifetime." Well, at the rate with which Windows requires users to upgrade their OS (operating system), there is no need to protect it for a lifetime--unless Microsoft defines a "lifetime" as 3 or 4 years.
I'm a Microsoft fan and not usually this grumpy, but this is just plain retarded to not be able to open the box to use a new product. Many users have resorted to hammers and such, and this is unacceptable.
I close with this from one user on a Windows forum: "Windows Vista - now available on VHS!"
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