Several blogs today reported that Polish Windows 7 fan site CentrumXP.Pl had published leaked retail box shots of the product. There was much debate as to whether these were legitimate. Upon closer inspection by Long Zheng, the 7 shown on these boxes does not use the same Segoe Light font used in the Windows 7 Logo.

However, when the editor of CentrumXP.Pl was reached for comment, he told WindowsClub that these shots were indeed legitimate:

“These shots are not fakes. Microsoft has released other stuff like presentations, advertising (not leaked yet) where you can find these images, so it won’t change.”

Butterflies and lens flare does make things a bit suspicious. And why does the Home Premium upgrade box have two different colors? Developing market or not, they should maintain the same color, no? When we reached Microsoft for comment, they said they could not give any comment at this time.

Update: These retail box shots are indeed real as they were posted in a private Microsoft Facebook group spotted by Long Zheng. Some readers may believe these be concepts but usually they are not leaked that easily until finalized.

New Logo for Windows 7?

What might appear to be just an ordinary artistic design of the number 7 could actually be a new logo for Windows 7 as seen on the private Microsoft facebook group.

More at CentrumXP