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Windows 7 Released Early In UK

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-the-worm dept.

CNETNate writes "UK customers have been reporting that they received their copies of Windows 7 in the mail today. Currently the British postal service is threatening industrial action over pay, and planned walkouts may result in Windows 7 not being delivered on its release date. It is understood that Microsoft has agreed to let some retailers send out copies early to avoid disappointment, and to make the UK the first country in the world to have Windows 7 in customers' hands."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by rpp3po · · Score: 0, Redundant

    you are talking apples and oranges here. Software from MSDN AA is clearly licensed only to support development for your education and can't be used as your main operating system (i.e. "consumer use"). What is discussed here is "consumer use".

    Excuse me, why do I get the impression this this is sounding a little Microsofty. Why? It somehow bears the taste of a "campaigning perspective". So you intended to have consumer use discussed here. Well sorry, that this is Slashdot!

    However, kudos for the campaign as a whole. The "Yes, Vista sucked, but have you heard, Windows 7 rules"-spin really took off. You also made sure, that all exclusive early reviewers compared it to Vista and not XP (which made Vista look so bad). W7 is again considerably slower than XP, even with all eye candy and UAC shut off. But somehow you managed it, to make almost nobody ask, because "it's so much better than Vista".