Perhaps we could give DSGI a little credit for putting their customers first.

I got mine last week. As a 'selected party host' it's the limited edition ultimate, singed my Monkey boy Balmer himself.

I can't wait till thursday where my 'friends' will be getting down to my banging party.

I have my windows 7 jigsaw and pack of cards to kick things off with a bang, and each guest even gets a windows 7 napkin (really...), and a windows 7 tote bag (which could not be louder and more hideous).

Since we are all living out a hotel with work, I'm having it at the local hotel.

I imagine once I get the included windows 7 poster and 'table piece' up I will be literally having to beat the wimin away with a hammer.

One at a time girls! - I can only show you windows 7s new aqua interface one at a time!!!

stu

El Reg asked Microsoft if it was aware of copies of Windows 7 being shipped early to Currys and PC World punters.

A spokesman at the software vendor gave us this statement:

"Microsoft is aware of the planned postal strike and has taken action to minimise impact on those customers who pre-ordered their copies of Windows 7. As a result, some customers may receive their copy of Windows 7 a day or two early."

That distills into "YES"

Been rockin RTM for about a month now - the benefits of corporate IT and an MSDN subscription. :) Its good. Real good. But the security model is slightly more stringent than the RCs that were floating around. Have fun with the \windows directory.....

Mines the one with the microwaved Vista DVD.

Hopefully retailers shipping Forza 3 will do the same as that too is released Friday :-/

I won't hold my breath :-(

If Amazon's service is anything like it normally is for me I won't be seeing my Windows7 for at least several weeks after the release date.

Could you ask ebuyer.co.uk what they are doing regards to this? thanks

With talk like that you will get the unions on your case!

Me too

I can't wait for all those wimmin to swamp my party

Do you think I'll need to order any wine, I just thought beer would do?

I keep getting the napkins out to feel the quality ;-}

The Tote Bags, although loud, do make a statement at Tesco

(Don't tell anyone I've made the wife use one, for research)

One girl spotted it and asked what it meant, but she was a pig to look at

Oh come on, this is hardly the first time a version of Windows has shipped prematurely. This version is just shipping two more days before it's ready than we had expected.

Wowardly anonymous bloke, aren't you supposed to get the 32 and 64 in the same box ? So are you having a larf or were you clobbered ?

...would make a fantastic band name.

Mine arrived this morning, courtesy of my smiling, happy postie.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for ordering the Toshiba Windows 7 Upgrade pack. Your shipment will contain a Windows 7 DVD, the product key and a free Toshiba driver DVD, containing the latest Windows 7 drivers for your Toshiba PC. Additionally, the driver DVD will guide you through the upgrade process for your convenience. The collection of the driver DVD and the programming of an automatic upgrade process require some more time. Therefore, we will be able to ship your Windows 7 Upgrade at the beginning of December. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Due to technical reasons it is not possible to ship your Windows 7 Upgrade pack without the driver DVD. As soon as the upgrade pack has been shipped, we will inform you straight away by email.

Kind regards

Your Windows 7 Upgrade Team

Couldnt figure what that package was when I got home... I was resigned to waiting weeks for my preorder of 32/64 win7 pro.

Yayyy cept my leave doesnt start till next week so I've no time to install it

Damn those postmen, if only scientists could work out some way of sending messages using computers and the Internet...

... they charged my card 2 days ago so suspect they're on the way for most. Sadly my card was cloned recently so the payment was naturally declined. Joy.

Damn!

That said...

"Yay, our vial of smallpox is arriving a few days earlier than expected!"

Sorry.

Me too, weird to think it's only just being released to the unwashed masses. I've been running RTM for 6 weeks, then RC before that for months.

I can't even remember what life was like before Windows 7...

What are the post office striking about this time? It's getting a bit boring now. They are flushing their industry down the toilet just like the unions did the British car industry.

On the plus side I've got my 2 copies of Win 7 from PCWorld. So thanks all round to the CWU! Keep up the good work lads!

I have ordered a copy from Currys and awaiting for my delivery from Royal "lets always strike" Mail.

Hopefully it will arrive soon :-)

Mine arrived today. Definately wasn't expecting that with the final email saying 5-7 days after Wednesday 21st. Nice to get some good customer services for a change.

Well done DSG - doing this is clearly in the interests of your customers and thanks a lot - I was very surprised (in a good way) to get my copies this morning.

Mine was waiting for me when I got home from work today. All installed and running nicely now after a spot of drama getting it to run at the proper resolution on my external monitor. Seems quite spiffy so far.

I notice at the bottom of the article is a link to quotes by Peter Mandelson; I would of much prefered a link to the dispute and the 'reasons' behind it rather than some random rubish from that git stated a bit like 'fact' like he has nothing to do with the current mess.

...not that I am annoyed or anything. (I am also not a postman or have anything to do with the postal service)

.....when-never!

Bah!

Windows - really ?

after i checked my pre-order on amazon.co.uk and it had doubled in price since i ordered, discretion took the better part of valour and i cancelled the order. pity that a 100% price increase didn't warrant an email from them. i'll just have to continue to use vista until i can save up enough pennies.

My copies arrived yesterday (PC World order of Pro and Home Premium)

And there was me thinking I was clever by buying it via download, rather than physical media. Still at least it only cost me £30 for Windows 7 Pro (benefits of a wife with .sch.uk email address).

(@tom24) I think you can get treatment for that...

Paris, for obvious reasons.

Thats a big fail - Amazon guarantee the price you pay for a pre-order will be the same or lower, not higher. I'm getting Pro edition for £43 and they haven't changed the price. I guess you looked at the product page rather than your actual order.

Is this one where you all sit round your shiny new DVD and read the EULA and once you all fully understand what you are signing up for, then install the OS. Then reboot and "activate" it, then patch, then reboot again?

Sounds like a fun evening for sure :(

Penguin, because you can safely search for "speciality entertainment" on t'Internet

I phoned them last week to ask about this and was told that they knew there was a potential problem.

But got an email from them earlier saying :

"PLEASE NOTE: If you have pre-ordered a copy of Windows 7 this will not leave our warehouse any earlier than Wednesday 21st October (the day before the official launch date). You should expect delivery to be 5-7 days after this date."

Even without the postal strike there is no way you'd actually get the package on the release day then.

You cancelled your pre-order because Amazons pre order price doubled, Did you not read their price promise statement when you ordered it. I have left mine be as their price promise stated that they would honour the pre-order price.

I received my copy today, which was pre-ordered from PC World a few months back.

I find it strange that they are sending these out by standard Royal Mail 1st Class post (so no signature is required, unlike Recorded Delivery). I wonder how many will go "missing".

Err, actually, maybe I made a mistake and didn't receive my copy yet ;)

I had mine on pre-order from Amazon.co.uk. Posted at price of around £64, I got the lowest price as expected. I had selected last class post, but they seem to have 'upgraded' me for free and my parcel will be with me tomorrow...nice service!

I think the deal means that if the price goes down, you pay less and if the price goes up, you pay what you originally said you'd pay...at least I think so.

I will keep you posted mate, Just checked my account not indication of being liable for high price and states that they are preparing for dispatch.