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October 23, 2021

Burger King Japan unveils 7-patty burger to promote Windows 7

Microsoft, as you might know, is a big company.

I wouldn’t know an employee stationed in, say, New York, and an employee in New York likely wouldn’t know one in, say, Paris.

The point? There are a lot of moving parts that make the method to this madness.

So it’s with the same incredulity as you I present Microsoft’s latest promotion for the release of Windows 7 in Japan.

Apparently, the buzz around the latest operating system in the Far East has called for the most unlikely of pairings.

Burger King Japan has hopped on board and is now offering a SEVEN PATTY WHOPPER (!) as of yesterday, at a cost of 777 yen to the first 30 customers. (The regular price will jump to about 1,450 yen – or around $16 – after, according to Japanator.com.)

I know what you’re thinking, and so was I. Here are the burger’s specs:

-5.1 inches tall
-1.7 pounds
-2,120 calories

This isn’t the first of the unconventional promos Microsoft has pulled off to pimp Windows 7; it launched a giveaway of the new OS for everyone living in the Dutch village of Zevenhuizen (“Seven Houses”); it also decorated the Spanish town of Sietes (“Sevens”) in Windows-themed colours.

But, it just may be the weirdest. Of course, what do I know? My pitch to do this in celebration of Windows 7 wasn’t even considered by the bosses.

By Jason Buckland, MSN Money

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