If you’re living in the United States, we have some good news for you. Microsoft will simply give out trial licenses for Windows Vista, and free copies of the 2007 Microsoft Office Professional System and the 2007 Microsoft Office Groove for the Launch Events 2007.

The Launch Events 2007 are special events organized by the Redmond company, in which Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Vista and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will be launched in the US, in 74 different palces.

“Offer good only to registered attendees of the event on the date they attend, while supplies last. This offer is nontransferable. Limit one item each per attendee. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. The free software will be distributed as a downloadable file. To download the software, an access code will be required. The access code must be claimed onsite at event.”

The trial licenses I’m talking about will be available in the following 15 cities of the US: NewYork, Phoenix, Tampa, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas and Seattle. The copies of Office Professional and Groove 2007 will be available on all of the locations. These free copies are not affected in any way by no trial sequence. They’re full versions offered to those who will participate to the Launch Events.

If you wish to have higher chances of getting your hands on one of the copies, sign up in the events.

The test drive is intended for evaluation purposes only. It requires Internet Explorer 6 or later, a browser plug-in, and a broadband Internet connection. A minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution is recommended. It’s interesting that it wouldn’t run in Firefox at all.
It’s good to know that there is no product support for the test drive. You are welcome to participate in a Microsoft Windows Vista newsgroup to share your trial experiences with others and ask for advice. The Windows Vista version hosted in the test drive contains most of the functionality of the regular versions, but browsing the Internet is not enabled. Also, you may notice a slight delay or pause as you experience the product. This is due to the fact that this is a hosted trial and is dependent upon your bandwidth, local machine resources, etc. This does not necessarily represent the actual experience you will have with Windows Vista if it were installed on your PC.

Quite impressive for me. This is a great marketing tool to attract users. The test drive is free and you can try it for yourself if you like.