Windows 7 Launches — Lines in Tokyo
The official launch day for Windows 7 is here and as Bob Kawaratani, our reader in the Far East, reports, there were lines in Tokyo. Perhaps folks in Japan are always looking for a reason to line up, and PC Watch captured the slow moving action. Thanks Bob, for reporting in from the land of the Rising Sun.
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