Jim Zimmerman - ASP.NET, MVC, Ajax and ORM

So I decided to volunteer for the FOOTS program with Microsoft and help train and answer questions at the Best Buy in Clearwater, FL of of US 19.

Why did I volunteer to do this?  I thought it would be fun to be around the consumers during the day of the launch event and get to see what people think about it.  

Well I just got back from showing the retail sales people at Best Buy and quite a few customers tonight and they were all very impressed.  In fact after talking about it so much, I am pretty impressed.  You see, I have only used it for email, writing code and blog posts.  I haven't gotten to use Word, Excel, Media Center, Photo manager, create movies, use Flip 3D, etc. very much. :)  People were generally very impressed and were only disappointed because they could not even buy what they were seeing.  Definitely an awkward sales position to be in.  "Look what you can have, but you have to wait until tomorrow".  All in all I think people are anxious to have a new version of windows on their computers.  Seeing all the good deals, I want to buy a new one for home.

If you want to see me in a Vista Polo shirt and give me a hard time at the Best Buy, please stop in.  I will be there on Tuesday, Jan 30th in the evening.