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===Vienna-tan===
===Vienna-tan===
Although most often seen as a silhouette, [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?album=237&pos=50 Vienna-tan] is depicted as almost an older-looking version of Inu-T, with more mechanical-looking ears and longer hair and tail. She was named for 7's codename, Vienna, and was used as a placeholder while the community waited for the OS's release.  
Although most often seen as a silhouette, [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pid=7417 Vienna-tan] is depicted as almost an older-looking version of Inu-T, with more mechanical-looking ears and longer hair and tail. She was named for 7's codename, Vienna, and was used as a placeholder while the community waited for the OS's release.


===The 7-tan Lolis===
===The 7-tan Lolis===
With the flood of -tans with 7's release, a couple non-canon and semi-canon loli-type mascots were released. The Futaba Loli has silver hair and red glasses, and wears some sort of  grey headpiece. she wears a frilly skirt and a tube top, and is commonly depicted with a mouse pointer squeezing her in some way. There is a picture of an older version of her [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/images/4/45/Futaba_loli_7.jpg here.]
With the flood of -tans with 7's release, a couple non-canon and semi-canon loli-type mascots were released. The Futaba Loli has silver hair and red glasses, and wears some sort of  grey headpiece. she wears a frilly skirt and a tube top, and is commonly depicted with a mouse pointer squeezing her in some way. There is a picture of an older version of her [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/images/4/45/Futaba_loli_7.jpg here.]
The other loli of mention is around the same age region as Futaba's, with white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She wears a dress made out of the new Windows logo, with long white sleeves and a bow. Her hair is curled into twindrills in the front, toward the bottom, and she wears hairclips on either side of her head that look like reddish bubbles with "7" inside. she has a generally sleepy demeanor. Given her depictions and overall look, she is a heavy reference to Chivistan, one of the Windows Vista characters. A picture of her can be seen [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?album=237&pos=53 here.]
The other loli of mention is around the same age region as Futaba's, with white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She wears a dress made out of the new Windows logo, with long white sleeves and a bow. Her hair is curled into twindrills in the front, toward the bottom, and she wears hairclips on either side of her head that look like reddish bubbles with "7" inside. she has a generally sleepy demeanor. Given her depictions and overall look, she is a heavy reference to Chivistan, one of the Windows Vista characters. A picture of her can be seen [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pid=7414 here.]


===The 7 Cosplays===
===The 7 Cosplays===
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===The Bing Girls===
===The Bing Girls===
''See Also: [[Bing Girls]]''
As part of a campaign to promote their search engine Bing, Microsoft's Japan branch created 5 characters for Windows 7 in the spirit of Nanami, with wallpapers and voicepacks. A picture of them can be seen [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/images/c/ce/Bing_girls.jpg here.]
As part of a campaign to promote their search engine Bing, Microsoft's Japan branch created 5 characters for Windows 7 in the spirit of Nanami, with wallpapers and voicepacks. A picture of them can be seen [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/images/c/ce/Bing_girls.jpg here.]


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===Other Renditions===
===Other Renditions===
There are multiple other renditions of 7-tan. Notable ones include [http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/File:Windows_7_unofficial.jpg a girl in her late teens] with long, ice-blue hair and a schoolgirl-style outfit. Another is a [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?album=237&pos=48 mid-to-late-teens girl] with short blonde hair worn with a black headband, and a black, blue, and orange outfit. Both of these are said to borrow/reference heavily from Vistans.
There are multiple other renditions of 7-tan. Notable ones include [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pid=7825 a girl in her late teens] with long, ice-blue hair and a schoolgirl-style outfit. Another is a [http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pid=8754 mid-to-late-teens girl] with short blonde hair worn with a black headband, and a black, blue, and orange outfit. Both of these are said to borrow/reference heavily from Vistans.


==See Also==
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