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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by Phage View Post
    How can you say that, when they come up with the brilliance that is Tupperware 2.0 the Windows 7 Party ?
    Fixed

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by ernestlai View Post
    mine still not dispatched i paid more for a service that i'll hopefully get. but those who paid less get a better service due to royal mail !!!!!!!!!!

    GAH down with the mail!
    Considering it's not officially released until the 23rd, I'm not surprised you don't have it yet.

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    It cant come soon enough, i swear Vista is getting slower the closer the release date comes!!

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by Andehh View Post
    It cant come soon enough, i swear Vista is getting slower the closer the release date comes!!
    It must be just you then because Vista has never given me a moments bother !

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    How many people here are 'upgrading' from Vista as opposed to XP?

    Or are you going from evaluation to actual or what?
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    I guess we're expected to do quite well

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz View Post
    Fixed
    Aha !
    What was the correct tag ?

    Media boy - I have spent a total of 2 months on Vista, and am going straight to W7. Mainly to get the libraries and the Homegroup. The home networking, sharing in Vista never worked well for me.

    Ooooh - 666 posts !
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Previously I was using XP, I'm currently using RC1 and I'll be going to a full copy of 7 when I get around to installing it.
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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Upgrading from XP.

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Upgrading from XP..not sure when i actually will install Win 7 though

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Upgrading from Windows XP (nearly 8 years to the month since i got it - cant believe its been that long) have been playing with the 7 RC though and feels like time for a change and to embrace 64bit to match my Linux install

    But the people that are upgrading from Vista do you feel slightly peeved at upgrading so soon? or are most of you sticking with Vista. Seems mixed opinions on it but i spose if it works for you no reason to go to 7?

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    I am upgrading from Vista and I don't feel peeved. At the decent pre-order prices for W7 it made sense as they are full versions and so can be moved, unlike the OEM versions of vista I am using now.
    Not around too often!

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by KidChameleon View Post
    Considering it's not officially released until the 23rd, I'm not surprised you don't have it yet.
    Sorry, got the date wrong. It's not "officially" released until the 22nd. But even so, it's not the 22nd yet.


    I've installed it on my PC now. It took me about 40 minutes to have Firefox up and running after using Moz Backup. I'm still installing a bunch of stuff that I put in a folder on another hard drive.

    What happened about the EU Internet Explorer thing? I know they scrapped the idea of no browser at all, but I thought they were going to have an option screen to choose which browser to use. I haven't seen anything like that.

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Quote Originally Posted by KidChameleon View Post
    It took me about 40 minutes to have Firefox up and running after using Moz Backup. I'm still installing a bunch of stuff that I put in a folder on another hard drive.
    Thanks for mentioning that, I wasn't aware of it before, should make it quicker and easier

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    Just found out Tesco's are sending theirs out by City Link - not sure if they will just put through letter box or its a proper sign for job - no real prob as working from home for rest of week. For those that have received their copy, what is the UK packaging like? is it just a normal plastic dvd case like when you get a game? or is it a bigger box? Saw other people saying they had it dropped through letter box so expecting it to be more like the former?

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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    It's the same shape as a DVD case but slightly fatter (about twice the thickness of a normal DVD case) and with one corner rounded off. It comes in a cardboard slip case.
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    Re: Countdown to Win 7

    I per-ordered from Amazon and it's in the City Link van right now. I'd hoped they would be able to post it through the letter box but if it's twice as thick as a standard DVD case and I've ordered two, chances are it won't fit! Doh!

    Edit: I went for first class delivery.


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