If you purchase a copy of Windows Vista or Office 2007, the first thing you'll have to contend with is the box. Unwilling to use conventional packaging, Microsoft decided to illustrate just how revolutionary Vista and Office are by putting them into boxes which are entirely unlike any box you've ever seen before. Perhaps Houdini has seen boxes akin to those in which Vista and Office 2007 are shipped, but not your average consumer. You see, your average consumer expects products to come in boxes which are easily opened. Not so with Vista and Office 2007.

If you've given up, here are two sites that offer explanations and step-by-step instructions on how to breach the box in which Vista and Office 2007 are shipped:

http://www.hive.net/Member/blogs/the_wow/archive/2007/02/28/How-to-open-your-Windows-Vista-Box.aspx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ucsfpharmacy/sets/72157600095134188/