
Whilst the vast majority of us who are looking to get our hands on Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 7, are having to wait until Win 7’s official release date of 22 October at least one user has already managed to snap up a legitimate copy of Windows 7 and have managed to activate it without issue.
The copy of Windows 7 in question is an education copy that was seemingly offered up early at an (as yet unnamed) college bookstore and who can blamed an eager eyed individual for stepping up to snap it up.

Of course this isn’t the first time software has slipped out early due to over eager of non-clued up store workers, nor will it be the last, and we suspect that we’ll be getting further reports of other copies getting into consumer’s hands early, but as it stands, this appears to be the first to have slipped the net.
Any additional reports of legitimate copies of Windows 7 OS slipping out early would be welcomed.
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