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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by tomvek » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:28 pm

Amazon have shipped my copy \o/

I might hold off installing it till next week though, I'll be picking up a new 650 gig HD then.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Mafro » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:31 pm

Why the hell is PC World's delivery time 5-7 days? :fp:

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Ironhide » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:42 pm

Mafro wrote:Why the hell is PC World's delivery time 5-7 days? :fp:


Because they're gooseberry fool.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by TheTurnipKing » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:50 pm

$ilva $hadow wrote:Only one version can be activated at one time though.

I didn't realise there WAS an explicitly 64bit version of Win 7. My PC World preordered version has seperate 32 and 64bit install CD's in the box.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by RogueLeader » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:19 pm

There's something wrong with my Windows 7 :(

I put the CD into the computer, went to iTunes, and selected the option to burn the CD to my iTunes library. This is what it said in the suspiciously hand-written manual that came with my package.

When the burning was finished, Bill Gates dressed as Agent Smith from The Matrix came up on screen, saying "It is inevitable". Then something uninstalled my iTunes, cancelled my macBook pre-order on Play.com...and where is my new iPhone?

I did this by severing my real arms and replacing them with super-human cyborg arms.
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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by $ilva $hadow » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:30 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:
$ilva $hadow wrote:Only one version can be activated at one time though.

I didn't realise there WAS an explicitly 64bit version of Win 7. My PC World preordered version has seperate 32 and 64bit install CD's in the box.




Yeah that's what mine turned out to be. So that means 32bit and 64bit keys work for each other since you only get one code for both a 32bit version and a 63bit version.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Mafro » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:38 pm

So what are the major differences between the RC and this?

Will I have to do a clean install of Windows 7 when it arrives, or do I just activate it again since I'm currently running the RC?

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by SEP » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:39 pm

Mafro wrote:So what are the major differences between the RC and this?

Will I have to do a clean install of Windows 7 when it arrives, or do I just activate it again since I'm currently running the RC?


The key difference is that the full release won't expire in a few months. I think you do need to do a full reinstall.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by blonko » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:57 pm

Mafro wrote:So what are the major differences between the RC and this?

Will I have to do a clean install of Windows 7 when it arrives, or do I just activate it again since I'm currently running the RC?

Do a completely fresh install and back up and files you want to keep, always the best way :D

Amazon haven't dispatched mine yet, I only ordered it about four months ago :shifty:

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Nook29 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:07 pm

Amazon have dispatched mine, hopefully have it by Thursday.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Steve » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:26 pm

RogueLeader wrote:There's something wrong with my Windows 7 :(

I put the CD into the computer, went to iTunes, and selected the option to burn the CD to my iTunes library. This is what it said in the suspiciously hand-written manual that came with my package.

When the burning was finished, Bill Gates dressed as Agent Smith from The Matrix came up on screen, saying "It is inevitable". Then something uninstalled my iTunes, cancelled my macBook pre-order on Play.com...and where is my new iPhone?


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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by TheTurnipKing » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:26 pm

$ilva $hadow wrote:
TheTurnipKing wrote:
$ilva $hadow wrote:Only one version can be activated at one time though.

I didn't realise there WAS an explicitly 64bit version of Win 7. My PC World preordered version has seperate 32 and 64bit install CD's in the box.




Yeah that's what mine turned out to be. So that means 32bit and 64bit keys work for each other since you only get one code for both a 32bit version and a 63bit version.

I can't help but think that MS should have just let me order the code from them online at a discount, and then download the ISO from their website, bypassing all that pretty but completely useless packaging. Or maybe just supply a "trial" version of Windows that you can activate via Anytime.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by $ilva $hadow » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:30 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:
$ilva $hadow wrote:
TheTurnipKing wrote:
$ilva $hadow wrote:Only one version can be activated at one time though.

I didn't realise there WAS an explicitly 64bit version of Win 7. My PC World preordered version has seperate 32 and 64bit install CD's in the box.




Yeah that's what mine turned out to be. So that means 32bit and 64bit keys work for each other since you only get one code for both a 32bit version and a 63bit version.

I can't help but think that MS should have just let me order the code from them online at a discount, and then download the ISO from their website, bypassing all that pretty but completely useless packaging. Or maybe just supply a "trial" version of Windows that you can activate via Anytime.





That should definitely have been an option. But retailers just don't want anyone to bypass them unfortunately.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Emily_Belle » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:52 pm

MCN wrote:
Mafro wrote:So what are the major differences between the RC and this?

Will I have to do a clean install of Windows 7 when it arrives, or do I just activate it again since I'm currently running the RC?


The key difference is that the full release won't expire in a few months. I think you do need to do a full reinstall.


what is RC?

are ones from MSNDNA (sp) gonna expire in a few weeks?

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Johnny Ryall » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:55 pm

Release candidate and no.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Emily_Belle » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:57 pm

Emily_Belle wrote:
are ones from MSNDNA (sp) gonna expire in a few weeks?


Johnny Ryall wrote:Release candidate and no.



MSDN. Expire soon? Yes or No

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Johnny Ryall » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:59 pm

Um, no. That's why I said no. MSDN should have the full version.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by jpatez » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:26 pm

My copy of Home Premium arrived this morning from PC World, so much for "it will not be dispatched before Wednesday 21st"?
Quick question will I be able to use Virtual Windows XP on the home version of Windows 7? or should I have bought the Professional/Ultimate edition?

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Rog » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:19 pm

Mafro wrote:Why the hell is PC World's delivery time 5-7 days? :fp:


I was surprised by that too, they even said it wouldn't be sent out till Wednesday but then it ended up coming on Monday.

Even though I got it early I'm not all that impressed with the service. For a PC retailer their site shouldn't be so awful.

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PostRe: Windows 7 - launches 22/10/2009
by Mafro » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:06 pm

Rog wrote:
Mafro wrote:Why the hell is PC World's delivery time 5-7 days? :fp:


I was surprised by that too, they even said it wouldn't be sent out till Wednesday but then it ended up coming on Monday.

Even though I got it early I'm not all that impressed with the service. For a PC retailer their site shouldn't be so awful.


If you think that's bad then you should order something from Dell :fp:

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