I just got back from the morning small business presentation in Indianapolis. It was basically a whirlwind tour of many of the 'new exciting features that will increase productivity' in Office 2007, Vista, & Accounting 2007. I learned a lot about Office 2007's various features (there are many in Excel especially that will be very useful for me), but not much about Vista (since I've been using various releases of it for a while now), and didn't pay much attention to the Accounting part aside from its new integrated eBay & PayPal features (which should save me some time). The speaker was better than competent, the self-deprecating humor about some of the previous Microsoft OSs was amusing.
The freebie bag contained a light-up pen (mine doesn't work!), a pad of paper, a black Microsoft "Ready for a New Day" launch tshirt, some informational flyers, two 30% off Microsoft certification exam vouchers (no free vouchers this time - but it looks like anyone can get the discount by going to
www.microsoft.com/learning/launch), and the resource kit with the resource CD, a link to download Office 2007 Pro, and a full-version key.
There were also a slew of vendors with drawings for a Zune & various Microsoft products.
If you don't know much about the new software & OS, it'd be worth your while to go. If you do, then it's probably not worth your time, unless you just want Office 2007 Pro free.
Edit: If anyone wants the link & key for Groove 2007, just PM me.
Edit: GONE!
