I just got Windows 7 Ultimate.

Albo · 10-16-09, 05:50 PM

I have a friend who works at best buy.. and lets just say he has connections. He got me Windows 7 Ultimate.

Apparently Best Buy has had Windows 7 Install Discs for a while, but they aren't allowed to sell them Until the 22nd.

Anyways

Time to do some backup for a fresh Install

trivium nate · 10-16-09, 06:02 PM

thats cool let us know how it goes

Redeemed · 10-16-09, 06:12 PM

There are upsides to working retail.

**Rakeesh** · 10-16-09, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albokid2468

I have a friend who works at best buy.. and lets just say he has connections. He got me Windows 7 Ultimate.

Apparently Best Buy has had Windows 7 Install Discs for a while, but they aren't allowed to sell them Until the 22nd.

Anyways

Time to do some backup for a fresh Install

Didn't know best buy would even get ultimate. Supposedly only home premium and professional are supposed to be available to retail stores.

I had to get Ultimate from the microsoft developer thing. Was free too

They also gave me free breakfast while I was there.

six_storm · 10-16-09, 06:31 PM

I've had Enterprise edition for a while now. Gotta love working IT and having a MSDN account.

Albo · 10-16-09, 06:45 PM

I'm getting really low transfer speeds when Im backing up things to a DVD.

Sazar · 10-16-09, 06:48 PM

Good times. Let us know whatcha think

I am considering throwing Moblin on my 2nd notebook, but may leave it with Ubuntu.

All my other systems are Win7'd

Oh and that transfer rate of 0 seems a little low

Albo · 10-16-09, 06:51 PM

Yea I know...
it stays at zero for a while, then all of sudden it jumps up to where the 4GB songs finished like 10 seconds.

B0ne · 10-16-09, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by six_storm

I've had Enterprise edition for a while now. Gotta love working IT and having a MSDN account.

Agreed, student MSDN account FTW

Albo · 10-16-09, 10:19 PM

so I installed it, boy did it take a while.
Anyways, I installed it with no problem and something I notices right away that was cool was when I was setting up my setting to connect online, it recognized my Wireless Card, and it was working fine. I tested it, and it connected. With Vista and XP it took me days to get it to work properly.

I'm still installing drivers and other things, but so far so good. Its pretty fast too.

**qube** · 10-17-09, 09:44 AM

i bought my copy from the

bay

Albo · 10-17-09, 10:35 AM

Wow this thing is SUPER fast!!!
When I install something it takes 1/4 of the time it took me in Vista.
When I start it up, it loads like a speed demon. Less than half the time it took to start up in Vista.

It's pretty sweet.

10-16-09, 05:50 PM	#1
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. I have a friend who works at best buy.. and lets just say he has connections. He got me Windows 7 Ultimate. Apparently Best Buy has had Windows 7 Install Discs for a while, but they aren't allowed to sell them Until the 22nd. Anyways Time to do some backup for a fresh Install

10-16-09, 06:02 PM	#2
trivium nate Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,023	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. thats cool let us know how it goes __________________ CM-HAF-932//AMD Phenom-II-X4-965-BE-Deneb-3.4 GHz-Quad Core//CorsairH50 ASRock 770 EXTREME3 Mobo//EVGA GTX-480(1536MB GDDR5)-Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme+cooler 180GB SSD//3TB//G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB//DVD-RW//blu-Ray//1000 Watt Corsair PSU 42"Vizio TV-1920x1080-1080P-120Hertz//Win 7 Ultimate(64)//XBox360-pc controller Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard//Razer DeathAdder Mouse//250gb-Xbox 360//160gb-PS3

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Redeemed Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17,986	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. There are upsides to working retail.

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Sazar Sayonara !!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 9,297	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. Good times. Let us know whatcha think I am considering throwing Moblin on my 2nd notebook, but may leave it with Ubuntu. All my other systems are Win7'd Oh and that transfer rate of 0 seems a little low __________________ Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home - Is it in you?

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Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. Yea I know... it stays at zero for a while, then all of sudden it jumps up to where the 4GB songs finished like 10 seconds.

10-16-09, 10:19 PM	#10
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. so I installed it, boy did it take a while. Anyways, I installed it with no problem and something I notices right away that was cool was when I was setting up my setting to connect online, it recognized my Wireless Card, and it was working fine. I tested it, and it connected. With Vista and XP it took me days to get it to work properly. I'm still installing drivers and other things, but so far so good. Its pretty fast too.

10-17-09, 09:44 AM	#11
qube Bored sins birth Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: GBG Sweden Posts: 1,084	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. i bought my copy from the bay __________________

10-17-09, 10:35 AM	#12
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: I just got Windows 7 Ultimate. Wow this thing is SUPER fast!!! When I install something it takes 1/4 of the time it took me in Vista. When I start it up, it loads like a speed demon. Less than half the time it took to start up in Vista. It's pretty sweet.