If you want to get your hands on a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate; forget bit-torrents, there’s no need to staff-pilfer from the shop you work at, nor to pay the ultimate price either: All you have to do is hold a party!

Whether or not the doors and the window-frames are painted by Picasso, the party decorations are by Michael Angelo, the fine music that you hear is by Stravinsky, the overall design is by Leonardo DaVinci; Microsoft is offering you the chance to get free limited Signature Editions of the Ultimate version of the Windows 7 Ultimate operating system if you hold a launch-day party.

Apply now to host a Windows party between 22nd and 29th October 2009, – link is for UK applications – and you’ll be in with a chance of getting not just the OS itself; but also a fabulous limited-edition Windows 7 Party Pack!

But that’s not all: The excitement mounts yet still further: The theme for your Micro-Party can be selected from any one in the following list of super-exciting scintillating themes: –

There’s Media Mania, as well as Setting up with Ease. There’s also Family Friendly Fun, (The mind boggles!) and, lastly there’s also one called "PhotoPalooza" – It all sounds just too thrilling for words!

I can think of some better themes that would be great alternative advertising for Microsoft; such as “Windows 7 Runs this Rave”, or even “7: Wonder of the World” – Where the entire world is linked together across the internet by Windows 7-powered technology… But hopefully Microsoft know what they’re doing; even if you have to forget names such as Vista before you are able to put the slightest iota of belief in that assumption.

So it might be a safe bet that there’ll be a party in your street soon.

(Source: Tech Radar.)

What do you think about all this: Is it too much, or are you even the slightest bit tempted?