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Windows 7 and the postal strike
"rodeado de tontos"
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on 21/10/2009 at 12:51:48AM
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Original Post:
I pre ordered Windows 7 and it was due to be delivered on Thursday (Launch day) but due to the threat of a postal strike the disk has now been dispatched by courier service and will be deliverd today a whole day early! how cool and brilliant is that?

I have been running the evaluation copy for a while now with no issues at all and boy does it save on battery power on my laptop and start up time is amazing

Digi
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Neilj99
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on 21/10/2009 at 12:55:30AM
Edited: 21/10/09 0:57
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I've been running the 90 day Enterprise version.

My pre-ordered Home Premium was due to be despatched today (21st) and delivered 26-28th, however, mine has also been couriered as of last night (in transit) and delivery estimates are 22nd.

Since running W7, my CPU has never run cooler.  Previously at 55C and now 45C - with the battery plan on high performance..

Neil
pb
"Shoryuken!"
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on 21/10/2009 at 1:24:17AM
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Mine's been sent today as well, but Amazon seem to be sending it by slow mail.  I'm still keeping fingers crossed for no strike action!
Digitrader
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on 21/10/2009 at 1:28:09AM
Edited: 21/10/09 1:29
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my one is comming from Amazon and acording to tracking is now 50 miles from me and set for delivery in the morning and a never paid for express delivery :)

Have you seen the advert in the web claiming that the snipping tool is new to windows 7 yet it is already in use on Vista
Neilj99
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on 21/10/2009 at 2:29:40AM
Edited: 21/10/09 2:30
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I got mine there too and chose free super saver.

On Amazon my tracker says WEB CUSTOMER UK      Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit

On the Courier site it says WEB CUSTOMER      The parcel data has been received.

(Slight exaggeration there I think)


Yeah I've seen the snipping tool before, and in fact used it 5 minutes ago just before reading your latest post.

N.
Hmmm...
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on 21/10/2009 at 10:43:52AM
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Digitrader wrote:
> Have you seen the advert in the web claiming that the snipping
> tool is new to windows 7 yet it is already in use on Vista

Hi Digi,
I saw that in the BBC's taster video but didn't realise someone's saying it in an advert as well!

It is a useful little tool - I remember reading your post on it previously :¬)

The BBC bod also says you had to fiddle about dragging/resizing windows to compare two windows on the screen before W7 - not so; from XP you can select the windows in the task bar (CTRL + LH click) and then RH click to tile vertically or horizontally automatically.



To continue the Windows theme -
BBC In Pictures:  Windows into history




Hmmm...
pb
"Shoryuken!"
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on 21/10/2009 at 12:03:36PM
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Just checked mine again, yes you're right it is coming via courier,  Excellent.  Should be here tomorrow.
Digitrader
"rodeado de tontos"
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on 21/10/2009 at 2:08:01PM
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Hi Hmmm

I must be ancient I have used all those operating systems on that BBC windows through time page :-) and even sadder I actually still have copies of mostt of them in my attic! I still have DOS OS on floppy disk, am not that good though as I dont have any of those big big big floppy disks these days

Digi
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"Are you sure?"
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on 21/10/2009 at 3:45:06PM
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:¬)

How time flys...

I can remember using IBM's DisplayWrite 4 before Word etc. came along. It wasn't very good!
Hmmm...
Eccles
"Aargh! Broken..."
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on 21/10/2009 at 5:22:14PM
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How about Locoscript still available! I used that on my old Amstrad PCW8256. The used 6mm this 'double sided' floppy disks to load everything.
Neilj99
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on 21/10/2009 at 6:29:10PM
Total Posts: 239
OMG Locoscript.

I remember that.  Good ole Amstrad.  I think I had a flight 'sim' on mine.

My first computer was a VIC 20 iirc.

N.
Dragonlance
"Bordo della verita"
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on 21/10/2009 at 6:43:12PM
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Eccles wrote:
> How about Locoscript
> still available! I used that on my old Amstrad PCW8256. The used
> 6mm this 'double sided' floppy disks to load everything.

Best game ever on PCW8256 - Starglider by Rainbird, an off shoot, at the time, of BT:-) Mallard Basic was an improvement on Locoscript for the same machine series 8256 and 8512
Hmmm...
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on 21/10/2009 at 7:01:10PM
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Dragonlance wrote:
> Best game ever on PCW8256 - Starglider by Rainbird, an off
> shoot, at the time, of BT:-) ...



Hmmm... ;¬)  Is that the same Rainbird ?

"...also involved in setting up Freeola"

The name seems to ring a bell...
Hmmm...
Dragonlance
"Bordo della verita"
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on 21/10/2009 at 8:01:58PM
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Hmmm... wrote:
> Dragonlance wrote:
> Best game ever on PCW8256 - Starglider by Rainbird, an off
> shoot, at the time, of BT:-) ...
>
>
>
> Hmmm... ;¬)  Is that the same
> Rainbird
> ?
>
> "...also involved in setting up Freeola"

The very one, Hmmm - I say BT, because of a technical query I had at the time regarding Stargilder. I rang 'technical numbers' and spoke with a chap that admitted that Rainbird was infact part of the then BT Corporation. Never did get a straight answer, but you didn't then - always worked it out for yourself in the end - but nevertheless a brilliant game :-)
Garin
"Devil in disguise"
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on 21/10/2009 at 10:46:31PM
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I really dont think it was a secret. :)
Warhunt
"Life int a DPS race"
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on 22/10/2009 at 10:12:14AM
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Yeah if it was, it was the worst kept secret in the world.
Neilj99
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on 23/10/2009 at 3:12:27AM
Total Posts: 239
I salute Amazon and their contingency couriers.

My Windows 7 Home Premium plopped through the door at 7pm tonight.

*Is happy*

N.
Digitrader
"rodeado de tontos"
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on 23/10/2009 at 6:15:12AM
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Yeah to Amazon my one arrived at 5pm on Wednesday, only down side the box had been squished and cracked but the disks were fine 32 bit or 64 bit? I went for 32 bit, the laptop that was running the evaluation copy would not upgrade I had to do a clean install and it was all over in 25 mins :-)

My main PC on Vista did upgrade but it took about 2 and a half hours to do the upgrade but again once it was up and running I had no problems, yet the BBC are reporting many many problems with upgrades

Digi
Edgy
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on 23/10/2009 at 8:20:34AM
Total Posts: 2109
I've had mine since Tuesday - haven't had any compatibility issues so far so that's cool.

I did a clean install mind - none of this 'lets upgrade vista' business that I have seen causing some people problems.

My PC seems faster and less noisy as a result of installing 7 :)
Hmmm...
"Are you sure?"
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on 23/10/2009 at 12:48:46PM
Total Posts: 1681
W7 certainly seems to be going down well.
I've even seen two people buy copies through Amazon on my play site this week.

Full Ultimate earns me £7 ! :¬)
Hmmm...


Machie always said my Amazon ads would work...
Machie
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on 24/10/2009 at 2:44:39PM
Total Posts: 11569
Read your tagline Hmmm...

What you people are forgetting though is customer satisfaction and I'm pretty sure I've heard all this before.

[source]
Hmmm...
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on 24/10/2009 at 3:56:44PM
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Digitrader
"rodeado de tontos"
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on 26/10/2009 at 9:28:44AM
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Hmmm that was a really good clip thought provoking to say the least

Digi
 
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