Burger King Japan selling Windows 7 burgers | Electronista — Cripes. This sandwich looks toxic. Are we trying to kill the Japanese. Or is it a gag?
Microsoft has taken the unusual step of promoting Windows 7 in Japan with Burger King’s launch of a Windows 7 Whopper. Fitting in with the software theme, the burger stacks seven patties in an otherwise normal Whopper and measures 5.1 inches tall. It also has an appropriate 777 yen $8.53 price.
Sandwich in real life here:
Found by Awais Khan.
http://burgerkingjapan.co.jp/news/img/bk_poster091014_02.jpg
Here’s a video of someone eating it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRZ4qjrqB0U
I think with microsofts earnings it is time to ask, will Microsoft be the first trillion dollar company? Msft at $50 a share this time next year:)
What an appropriate analogy! Windows 7 Burgers: As bloated as the Windows 7 operating system.
and filled with toxic cholesterol viruses… hhhmmmm
and too much salt…
and,,, oh there is just so much more bad stuff… 😛
Here’s a link:
http://engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-whopper-claims-its-first-victim-video/
What a sad time for f$f shills. You guys lost your ability to game social media the last three years.
Hey did you guys see that news about Twitter search integration? How google got all curb stomped on that one?
Win win. I’d totally buy a copy of Windows at BK if they had some kind of discount working and I’m all about a 7 decker burger.=)
#7
No worries the iBurger will be a thing of industrial design beauty. It will be $15 and condiments will cost extra. Engadget and roughly drafted will declare it a revolution in burger design. Never mind it is made from the same things as the big mac;)
oh and each one will come in a collectible plexiglass box, in order to increase perceived value.(and further burden landfills)
I’ve never been to Japan but I’m pretty sure they look a little more pale than that.
my god that is a heart attack if i ever saw one! how does one go about eating something like that? its enormous !
Hhhheeeeyyyyyy — what happened to the original picture?
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/BunkWater/SmokehouseJones.jpg
I guess it must have offended someones sensibilities.
Bloatorama. Microsoft sucks.
Betcha can’t eat just one!
Not a lot of people are likely to eat this at every meal. Call shenanigans if you think one burger can give you a heart attack.
#14 Hmeyers said, “Betcha can’t eat just one!”
I’d be lucky if I could finish just one. I’d buy one just once, but a regular double Whopper is just a bit much for me.
I think Microsoft wants everyone to associate Windows 7 with massive bloating and fat. And they’ve succeeded.
Gonna hurl…excuse me :/
Eating my Snow Leopard filet mignon potato au gratin with a Lafitte Teston.
The Mac burger would be a real pretty bun with no meat.
#3 both sales and profits slumped badly. Earning grew only because of cutbacks. The company must improve its cash flow to get to 50. I don;t see it.
read this
http://bit.ly/1SSCeW
I’m going with #15 HMeyers for the win. Literally LOL when I read that. Just the idea of eating two … or more … RALPH!!
this isn’t anything new, when I was in Japan in 2007 McDonald’s had a Big Tomago burger with three patties, three slices of cheese, and an egg with special sauce. and if you got the combo it came with large fries, a coke, and a 6 piece McNuggets! they sold alot of them
Just like the Zune being windows (and pretty much US) only, why not try and WIN over Mac using Vegans like myself? Is that just left in the “too hard” basket?
‘Course it pales to the original In-n-Out 20×20.
No crappy software involved.
(Just google it if you don’t know)
#3 Postman
$50? Waiter, I’ll have whatever Postman’s drinking.
I think I see an installation DVD between patty #3 and #4…
Waiter, I’d like a 6-pack of Snow Leopard Shots, instead.
With this quality marketing, how could Microsoft fail?
#13 I use that pic a lot..it was just a placeholder for this story. It’s hard to offend the readers of this blog from what I can tell. We DO try.
Couldn’t they have just gone with a 7 ounce burger? Instead of 7 wafer thin beef patties, probably an ounce or so, each. Not all of which is purely lean beef. I would have respected a more healthy product. Like a 7 inch long Subway sandwich. Or a 7 ounce yogurt, now that so many brands are down to 6. All this food product theater will be temporary. I’d be surprised if they kept selling that burger past this Fall.
Another marketing blunder for Microsoft. Can’t they hire someone that’s actually in touch to replace Ballmer and help protect them from themselves? This is so sad. WTF are these people thinking?