Most companies sell software in ridiculously large boxes now of days, but now Microsoft is selling Windows 7 anytime upgrade in a huge box. The only thing that is in the box is a piece of paper with a product key in it.
If you are not familiar with anytime upgrade, it allows users to upgrade to a more powerful version of Windows by just typing in a product key. The key is just random numbers and letters, on a piece of paper.
Microsoft is not the only company who does this. Apple’s Mobile Me also comes in a huge box, which is just filled with air. Shame on them.
This is for retail and so they can attract buyers. No different from almost any other retail packaging. In fact, the size of Windows retail packaging has reduced over the last few versions, just as most PC software packaging has.
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