Win 7 Arrives 21st

doggo · 22 Oct 2009 at 18:36

You guys are making me jelous talking about your new copies of Win7, roll on payday

Dano · 22 Oct 2009 at 18:47

braveheart said:
I was supposed to get Win 7 from ******* as it has dispatched but I didnt get it today cos of postal strike - it should delivery by special delivery so I cancelled and refund and already ordered from OCUK and will get it by tomorrow.. there will be more strike next week for 3 days that would destory Royal Mail as business cannot afford to keep contract with RM, that why small business seem to be dump Royal Mail and set up new courier service to speed up, OCUK seem much better as the order seem lots quicker - very good one.

Competitor, edit it out or get a holiday...

Slackworth · 22 Oct 2009 at 18:58

rare said:
Anyone able to explain why the OEM version of Home premium is more expensive than Home premium retail? Confused..

It's a temporary promotion. The Home Premium FPP RRP is now £149.99.

diverse180 · 22 Oct 2009 at 19:03

Got my copy today and installation seems to have gone smoothly so far

One thing though, text doesn't seem to be as crisp as it was when I was running XP (?)

I've installed my monitor driver (Samsung SM226BW) and latest graphics driver (191.07) for my GTX 260 OCX, but it just doesn't seem right.

Anyone else having similar problems or know of any remedies?

(this is my first crack at W7 btw so I'm not too clued up on it)

Fuzz · 22 Oct 2009 at 19:06

Mine is at the DPD depot as apparently no one was in when they tried to deliver it.

Doesn't matter really as I have no new SSD ordered yet anyway.

Fuzz · 22 Oct 2009 at 19:08

diverse180 said:
Got my copy today and installation seems to have gone smoothly so far

One thing though, text doesn't seem to be as crisp as it was when I was running XP (?)

I've installed my monitor driver (Samsung SM226BW) and latest graphics driver (191.07) for my GTX 260 OCX, but it just doesn't seem right.

Anyone else having similar problems or know of any remedies?

(this is my first crack at W7 btw so I'm not too clued up on it)

Got "clear type" enabled??

mrk · 22 Oct 2009 at 19:16

Just got home, Pro waiting for me!

Activated my RTM version from some months back using this key and activated perfectly. Job done, no reinstall needed everybody is happy

Love the DVD boxes too, beats the Vista ones IMO, frosted look = win.

Blackbadger · 22 Oct 2009 at 20:26

Just installing my 7pro now.

Just out of curiosity it defaulted to US language and keyboard. I thought the EU editions were different to the US ones. I know the whole browser thing isn't a issue any more. Is everyone's the same or do I have import ?

I like the cylon type animation at start-up too.

do_ron_ron · 22 Oct 2009 at 20:41

Got mine today.

Worst install so far - long, kept saying I had a program that needed to be uninstalled(there was not) and stopping the install.

Internet loads marginally faster. Boot takes longer.

Distinctly unimpressed.

braveheart · 22 Oct 2009 at 20:51

Dano said:
Competitor, edit it out or get a holiday...

Sorry I shoudnt have put it into this - thanks for blank this.. i remember next time

clv101 · 22 Oct 2009 at 20:54

City Link managed to deliver today! To the wrong street and wrong number but I managed to track it down. I expect given the extra work this week due to the strike they are just desperate to get everything out of the van.

mrk · 22 Oct 2009 at 21:09

do_ron_ron said:
Got mine today.

Worst install so far - long, kept saying I had a program that needed to be uninstalled(there was not) and stopping the install.

Internet loads marginally faster. Boot takes longer.

Distinctly unimpressed.

Sounds like you tried an upgrade?

You're doing it wrong!

audiolab · 22 Oct 2009 at 21:49

Great service as always from OCUK. Ordered my copy of Home Premuim on Tuesday night, it was dispatched yesterday and delivered by lunchtime today.

Really can't ask for more from a retailer, prompt reliable service every time. I just need to resist the temptation to order more hardware now.

Steve M · 22 Oct 2009 at 21:58

do_ron_ron said:
Got mine today.

Worst install so far - long, kept saying I had a program that needed to be uninstalled(there was not) and stopping the install.

Internet loads marginally faster. Boot takes longer.

Distinctly unimpressed.

Yeah i take it you upgraded (a program that needed to be uninstalled??) rather than installed a clean version? Either that or you've done something wrong.

I find that a format of the drive and a fresh install is the only way to go when installing any operating system. Win 7 for me has been the most hassle free install of any MS OS and it's by far the quickest in every department.

DeathTyrant · 22 Oct 2009 at 22:53

Well, I'd like to comment on how great Windows 7 is, but I can't.

My order is still:

In our warehouse queue

I guess it has something to do with x64 Ultimate Retail running out of stock. The day after I ordered it went from being in stock to pre-order.

Mike UK · 22 Oct 2009 at 23:15

Mine arrived around 6PM was up and running by 7PM!

Amazingly fast install got an issue with iTunes but that's something that should be able to be solved

Very impressed!

indigo_prime · 22 Oct 2009 at 23:34

I ordered my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on Tuesday afternoon. It arrived this afternoon about 3pm and from booting from DVD for a clean install to the first desktop was 12 mins!!

I already had all my hardware drivers downloaded and ready to go, the biggest install was Office 2007 and the two SPs. It even detected my SLI'd GTX 260s during the install procedure which I thought might be a problem!

All in all, a seamless transition from Win 7 RC to Win 7 Ultimate retail. Microsoft have hit a home run with this version of Windows I think.

I was going to pick it up from PC World but for weeks they've been advertising it all full retail price of 200 odd quid. This morning I noticed they'd dropped it to 160 quid. Who the heck does their marketing??? For Win 7 pre-orders at Amazon to be record sales and PC World to totally drop the ball with the pre-order bandwagon.

matthewhotdude · 23 Oct 2009 at 00:03

Was the fastest install of an operating system ever. Still not sure if I prefer it over Vista. Probabily just take some getting used too.

Coxyis · 23 Oct 2009 at 00:15

indigo_prime said:
I ordered my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on Tuesday afternoon. It arrived this afternoon about 3pm and from booting from DVD for a clean install to the first desktop was 12 mins!!

I already had all my hardware drivers downloaded and ready to go, the biggest install was Office 2007 and the two SPs. It even detected my SLI'd GTX 260s during the install procedure which I thought might be a problem!

All in all, a seamless transition from Win 7 RC to Win 7 Ultimate retail. Microsoft have hit a home run with this version of Windows I think.

I was going to pick it up from **** but for weeks they've been advertising it all full retail price of 200 odd quid. This morning I noticed they'd dropped it to 160 quid. Who the heck does their marketing??? For Win 7 pre-orders at **** to be record sales and **** to totally drop the ball with the pre-order bandwagon.

Might want to re-think mentioning the competitors matey...

kidloco · 23 Oct 2009 at 00:15

My 3rd copy arrived this morning, (1 for main PC, 1 for sons laptop, this one for work laptop) Ordered this one from OCUK just the day before at around 3pm so not bad at all.

Paid a bit more then my other 2 copies as I ordered those months ago but work are paying for this one so im not fussed.

All 3 copies have been installed without a hitch. all clean installs as they were all running the RC of Windows 7. In each case I just ran Easy Transfer on the RC and backed up to a external drive. Clean install then ran Easy Transfer again and within minutes all my docs, settings etc are back the way they were. All I had to do was installl the software.

each PC took around an hour, and most of that was the backup and restore of the large files.

Seems all the problems are from people upgrading rather than a fresh install.