We had the chance yesterday morning to drop by the Midtown Manhattan Best Buy store to see Steve Ballmer and Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson, along with the Mason family from the Living with Windows Vista program, celebrate the launch of Windows Vista. Here, Cassidy Mason shows Steve how the family used Windows Media Center to record TV shows for playback at a later time.
Along the way, I got the chance to meet Greg de los Santos, the Midtown store's first salesperson to sell a copy of Windows Vista early Tuesday morning. After chatting with Greg for a moment (he sure knows his way around the OS), we gave him a small reward for his efforts -- a copy of his choice of versions of Windows Vista. After vacillating for some time over whether to pick the Bill Gates limited-edition signature copy of the Ultimate upgrade version, he settled on the full version of Ultimate and bounded up the stairs to complete the purchase.
Greg waits in anticipation as we check out.
You can see his excitement....
... as he meets his newest software acquisition.
When I announced to Greg and his management that he was to be awarded his choice of versions of Windows Vista, he literally fell to his knees, made double fists as if in exultation (or serious pain), and yelled "Thank you! Thank you!" Needless to say, it was great to see such excitement :)
A big thank-you to Greg for his enthusiasm for Windows Vista, and to his store's management for producing such passionate salespeople!