bill - 12:40 am on Oct 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

Windows 7 launches first in NZ [nzherald.co.nz] Hundreds of people descended on events in Auckland and Wellington this morning to mark the world's first launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. In Auckland's Queen Elizabeth Square in the CBD throngs of people tried to win Hewlett-Packard computers loaded with the new operating system, given away every 10 minutes throughout the event by All Black captain Richie McCaw.

The operating system is now available in Japan and most of Australia as well.