Power of Together - Free Vista / Office 2007

[failurbydesign]

i signed up b4 it was sold out!

 

[ElementalDragon]

apu: RTM = Release To Manufacturer. there is no second RTM. lol.

I'm still assuming we'll get them sometime around Vista's release or shortly beforehand.

 

[Aprox]

I'm excited I won something and all, but in all honestly I dont know if I will actually use it. At least not right away, Vista really has nothing that interests me. In all honesty it has more things that will keep me away. Most likely I will wait for the third party tweaks and tricks and what not to start coming out after launch. (there might already be some, idk)

 

[ElementalDragon]

well.... didn't technically "win" it. lol. Winning it would be like.... being chosen out of a few hundred thousand people..... like how i'm hoping to win the one computer they have in a giveaway on TigerDirect.

 

[Vanquished]

well.... didn't technically "win" it. lol. Winning it would be like.... being chosen out of a few hundred thousand people..... like how i'm hoping to win the one computer they have in a giveaway on TigerDirect.

lol, i just entered it, and on the last day
If i win it i will take it apart, keep the graphics card, and the hdds, and sell the rest.

 

[ElementalDragon]

if i win it.... i'll probably keep the CPU.... and the video card (maybe)..... maybe the memory..... maybe the case.... and sell my current rig.

 

[fitz]

Woo! Got my copy from this in the mail today!

Came in a nondescript mania envelope postmarked from Microsoft.

 

[NetRyder]

Woo! Got my copy from this in the mail today!

Came in a nondescript mania envelope postmarked from Microsoft.

Nice! Is it in a retail DVD case?

 

[Aprox]

Woo! Got my copy from this in the mail today!

Came in a nondescript mania envelope postmarked from Microsoft.

Awesome! I'm curious if its OEM or Retail, hopefully its retail. Congrats Fitz

 

[fitz]

As I said, it came in a non-descript manila envelope. Looks like it is a retail DVD but without the new/full packaging. Packaging just came in a cardboard sleeve inside the envelope but it looks to be the full retail DVD of Vista Business.

If I had my camera here at work, I'd take a picture and upload it.. but, as my camera is at home at the moment.. that may have to wait.

 

[ElementalDragon]

aaw.... i was really lookin foward to the new case.

DAMN U MS!!!!!111!1

oh well.... free windows is free windows... no matter how you look at it.

 

[Aprox]

I'm at work right now, I'm dying to know if I got my copy today. Hopefully it will be there when I get home, it will give me something new and fun to work on.


Update:

Ok, I got mine! Woo, I'm gonna snap some pics.

 

[Aprox]

Ok, here are the pics I just took. I resized them by 50% so they arent massive.



The Envelope it came in, not very exciting.



Little Better



Money Shot.

 

[Vanquished]

Ok, here are the pics I just took. I resized them by 50% so they arent massive.



The Envelope it came in, not very exciting.



Little Better



Money Shot.

This sux.
I want one

 

[ElementalDragon]

damnit... now i'm hoping mine comes tomorrow. when i saw your pics i was thinking "oh god.... don't tell me that it's stuck to the cardboard somehow..."

Fitz: when you said "cardboard sleeve", i thought you meant like the usual paper CD sleeves, cept a bit thicker. those sleeves aren't that bad. you should see the huge sleeving pack i got with the Office 2003 beta 2 kit. THAT.. was a lot of sleeving. if you want i could take pics of that to show you, unless you've already seen it before or have it.

 

[madmatt]

That's awesome guys. Congratulations.

 

[NetRyder]

That's pretty nice. Beats the look of my green MSDN discs, at least. ;P
I need to get my hands on that black Ultimate DVD case somehow...

 

[madmatt]

Beats the look of my orange Partner discs and black TechNet Plus discs.

 

[ElementalDragon]

hell, i'd be happy with ANY of the retail cases. those things are neat how they pop out to the side like that.

 

[Aprox]

Well she's up and running now! woo, this is my first experience with vista. I have to say I dig it so far.