Windows 7 Pre-Order

[cHodAX]

Just got my email from Amazon, they are sending out Windows 7 copies using Home Delivery Network and not Royal Mail! Thank Christ for that, the amount of stuff that gets stolen via RM is just silly.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Hmmm, didn't get e-mail but my Amazon order is also in transit with Home Delivery Network according to the site. Not that I'll have anything to install it on for a couple of months .

RB

 

[Wij]

Got mine from PC World delivered yesterday morning. Nice.

Not tried that much with it yet but interwebs on IE8 are well quick.

 

[Scouse]

Interwebz on Firefox aer better tho Wij.

Not a fanboi thang, I just find Firefox more useable.

 

[MYstIC G]

Firefox is better just because of the Adblock extension.

 

[Embattle]

IE8 will be fine for most people.

 

[Raven]

Does IE8 have an advertisement blocker yet? Not seen an ad on a website in years thanks to firefox.

 

[TdC]

yay Amazon dispatched as per email at 22:38 last night. I expect it in two weeks or so

 

[cHodAX]

yay Amazon dispatched as per email at 22:38 last night. I expect it in two weeks or so

Home Delivery Network, it will be a day or two.

 

[Raven]

Yeah, they are usually quite good.

 

[Gray]

I think my DVD has chosen a fine time to go on the fritz. While i am at the very early installation process for Windows 7, it just becomes unresponsive.

Its the bit where it says its loading Windows, then it gives you the mouse cursor and the colourful background. It just sticks on that. The DVD isnt even spinning or lighting up.

Is this a fault with the DVD Rom? Or when others have installed Win 7 has it just taken years to load through?

 

[MYstIC G]

Supposedly it is the quickest windows installer to date. Are you running it from within windows or straight off the DVD? If off the DVD and you're upgrading, try running it from within windows.

 

[Moriath]

installing as we speak .. surprisingly shitty link delivered on time this A.M.

 

[Gray]

Nah its going to be a full reinstall since i am on WinXP at the moment, so im doing a complete format of the system.

It did eventually load in after about 5minutes or more, but then it went straight to installing Win7, think i'll read up some on formatting and partitioning and whatnot.

 

[Insane]

mine arrived via the hands of my RM postie this morning
(HDN doesnt "do" Northern Ireland)

 

[TdC]

Home Delivery Network, it will be a day or two.

except I don't live in teh UK?

 

[Kryten]

Quite honestly bodes, if you can't figure out "Ubuntu Language" what in gods name are you doing using it I can't get any simpler than "install it, follow the instructions" because if I can install them, just about any bugger can

 

[Gray]

Installed it, Jesus, this is a massive massive step up from Windows XP.

Jeez! Everything is so... different...

 

[Bodhi]

I was being serious dude. Use the installer, make sure you pick the "sort out my own partitions" option, it should just let you nuke the Win7 from orbit.

Any specific reason for Ubuntu btw?

Nothing special, just fancy a change of 2nd OS. It seems fairly pointless having Vista and 7 on one PC, so I'd like to nuke 7 and stick with Vista. It ain't broke....

 

[cHodAX]

except I don't live in teh UK?

Gah thats no good!

 

[Raven]

Got sent home with man flu, installed it now. Very happy so far.

 

[Noc0de]

Got sent home with man flu, installed it now. Very happy so far.

Well planned sir, well planned.

 

[Ch3tan]

Well... it appears I will have an extra copy. Ordered one "home" edition from Amazon after ebuyer told me they were out of stock... Ebuyer have just confirmed they have shipped me two copies of the "pro" edition.

Anyone want a copy of pro at the pre order price + shipping?

 

[MYstIC G]

Nothing special, just fancy a change of 2nd OS. It seems fairly pointless having Vista and 7 on one PC, so I'd like to nuke 7 and stick with Vista. It ain't broke....

Try Linux Mint then mate, from what I've seen it's Ubuntu but with useful things like preinstalled codecs for audio video, etc, etc.

 

[Jupitus]

Well... it appears I will have an extra copy. Ordered one "home" edition from Amazon after ebuyer told me they were out of stock... Ebuyer have just confirmed they have shipped me two copies of the "pro" edition.

Anyone want a copy of pro at the pre order price + shipping?

How much is that?

Edit - and is that for 64 bit?

 

[Ch3tan]

Yes it's 64bit, the retail DVD's have both versions on the same disc.

It's £80 + shipping iirc

 

[Kryten]

Try Linux Mint then mate, from what I've seen it's Ubuntu but with useful things like preinstalled codecs for audio video, etc, etc.

*goes to take a looksee*

 

[Jupitus]

Yes it's 64bit, the retail DVD's have both versions on the same disc.

It's £80 + shipping iirc

I'll have to ponder that, a bit skint!

 

[MYstIC G]

Darn, mine has not turned up while I was at work

 

[Yaka]

mine got delivered from amazon, ordered pro, receipt says pro box says ultimate. called amazon up about it far as they are concerned they sent me the pro version. just wondering what happens if they come back to me asking me to return an activated os?

and it was delivered by a polish DHL guy who lost his map so i ended up printing a local map for him, surprised dhl dont give their drivers sat navs