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Windows 7: Microsoft confirms October 25 launch for Windows 8
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17 Sep 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64 Milton Keynes |
Microsoft confirms October 25 launch for Windows 8
Quote: Microsoft is still not sharing the specific venue, time or agenda for the launch. Microsoft officials did share that there will be a Manhattan holiday pop-up store opening this fall, but declined to say whether it would be open in time for the Windows 8 launch. Read More | My System Specs |
| Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64
CPU AMD E-450 APU (64-Bit) @ 1.65GHz Dual-Core
Motherboard HP 3387 36.0A (Socket FT1)
Memory 4GB DDR3 @ 676MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Sound Card Beats Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays LCD HP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics TouchPad V 7.5/Logitech USB Wireless
PSU Microsoft Composite Battery - ACPI
Case HP
Cooling HP Cool Sense
Hard Drives 500GB - SATA Hitachi HTS547550A9E384
Internet Speed 24.0 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Opera 12.15; Firefox 21
Other Info NIC - Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Belkin Black Laptop Cooling Stand
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17 Sep 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 8 Pro Standish, Lancashire, England |
I thought we knew that months ago  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
OS Windows 8 Pro
CPU Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition
Motherboard ASRock X79 EXTREME11
Memory 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator Platinum
Graphics Card 2x 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked+
Sound Card Creative
Monitor(s) Displays 3 x27" Dell & 2 x 23" Dell
Screen Resolution 3 @ 2560x1440 & 2 @ 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Ergononic 7000
Mouse Logitech Performance MX
PSU 1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Cooling Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler
Hard Drives 240GB Intel 520 Series, 2.5" SSD, SATA III
Intel X25-M SSD - 160GB
Internet Speed 34 Mb/s ADSL2+ (Bonded)
Antivirus Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Firefox
Other Info WinTV NovaTD
HP CP1515n Color Laser
Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
APC 750i Smart UPS
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17 Sep 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit Covington, La |
It still won't be available to purchase until the next day (Oct 26).
Might be a nice event if I had a ticket.
Jim  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit
CPU Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO
Memory Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
Graphics Card MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
PSU Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
Case Corsair 400R
Cooling Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
Hard Drives Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata III, WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
Internet Speed 15MB
Antivirus Norton IS 2012, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser IE-10, FF-19
Other Info APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
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17 Sep 2012
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#4 | |
Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit Grafton,IL |
Quote: Originally Posted by Phone Man  It still won't be available to purchase until the next day (Oct 26).
Might be a nice event if I had a ticket.
Jim Free coupon would be better.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hopalong/ Godzilla
OS Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
CPU Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D-E PRO
Memory 8GB@1400MHz Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 4x2GB
Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
Sound Card VIA Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VS248H-P 24"; Samsung SyncMaster 941BW 19"ws
Screen Resolution 1920x1080; 1440x900
Keyboard Logitech K-320
Mouse Kensington
PSU COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RS850-AMBAJ3-US 850W Modular
Case COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN5-GP Black
Cooling Scythe "Mugen-2 Rev.B" (2 ScytheKaze-Jyuni PWM fans)
Hard Drives Samsung 830 120GB SSD
Intel 320 120GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Antivirus Avast Inernet Suite
Browser IE 9 ; Chrome
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17 Sep 2012
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#5 | |
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Just in time for Halloween. I think I'll dress up as a real operating system. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 3
OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1
CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.264V 124 GFlop (IBT with AVX)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24
Graphics Card MSI GTX 660 Ti PE/OC, 2GB 7160 MHz DDR5 clock, 1228 Mhz Core
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HP Wireless
Mouse HP wireless
PSU Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case Fractal Design "Define R3"
Cooling CM TPC 812 push/pull, 3 120mm, 2 TY-140 case fans
Hard Drives Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (System), Crucial 128GB M4 SSD, 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB Internal, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte
Internet Speed 27.8 Mb/s down, 5.6 Mb/s up
Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.8, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
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18 Sep 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64 Milton Keynes |
Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010 I thought we knew that months ago Well..the article was released yesterday :S | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64
CPU AMD E-450 APU (64-Bit) @ 1.65GHz Dual-Core
Motherboard HP 3387 36.0A (Socket FT1)
Memory 4GB DDR3 @ 676MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Sound Card Beats Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays LCD HP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics TouchPad V 7.5/Logitech USB Wireless
PSU Microsoft Composite Battery - ACPI
Case HP
Cooling HP Cool Sense
Hard Drives 500GB - SATA Hitachi HTS547550A9E384
Internet Speed 24.0 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Opera 12.15; Firefox 21
Other Info NIC - Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Belkin Black Laptop Cooling Stand
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18 Sep 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Belgrade, Serbia |
Quote: Originally Posted by GeneO Just in time for Halloween. I think I'll dress up as a real operating system.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire V3-531G
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel B960 Sandy Bridge (2.2GHz, 2MB L3 cache)
Motherboard Intel® HM77 Express
Memory 6GB DDR3
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT630M with 1GB dedicated VRAM + Intel HD
Sound Card Integrated audio with 2xHigh Definition Dolby® v4 speakers
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" HD LED Acer CineCrystal™ (high-brightness 200-nit)
Screen Resolution 1.366 x 768 (WXGA)
Keyboard Acer FineTip & MultiTouch Touchpad
Case Custom Midi Tower
Hard Drives 500GB SATA
Other Info HDMI, VGA D-sub, USB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, RJ-45, 2x3.5mm audio (1x headphones, 1x microphone), card reader 5-in-1, Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ IEEE 802.11a/g/n, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth™ 4.0 + HS
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18 Sep 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Build 7600) Wales |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (Build 7600)
CPU AMD Phenom Quad core 9950 black edition
Motherboard Gigabyte
Memory 8Gb
Graphics Card 2x XFX Radeon 5850
Sound Card PCI Express X-Fi Titanium / Logitech G35
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP 2410i
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15
Mouse Logitech G9
PSU Jean Tech Storm 700W
Case Cooler Master COSMOS S
Cooling Akasa Evo Blue Pro
Hard Drives 1x 500Gb Seagate
1x 1Tb Seagate
2x 1Tb Hitatchi
Internet Speed 12mb
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18 Sep 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Michigan |
No, go as a Windows Phone complete with blocky touch buttons, one of them labeled, Desktop.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU Core i7 920
Motherboard Asus P6T
Memory Corsair XMS 12GB
Graphics Card Asus EAH5850
Sound Card Asus Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2709m
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergo 4000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Optical 1000
PSU Thermaltake TR2 RX 850
Case Lian Li PC-B70
Cooling CPU-Noctua NH D14, GPU-Stock, Case-Noctua 2x140, 2x120
Hard Drives Intel X25 120GB SSD; Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (1), Green 1TB (2), Green 2TB (1)
Internet Speed Cable
Other Info HP bd 340,
HP bd 240,
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 THX
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18 Sep 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit Covington, La |
I think I will go to the French Quarter dressed as the Windows 8 Start Screen with a sign that says "Touch Me" with an * (Girls Only). Halloween is better than Mardi Gras in the French Quarter.
Jim | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit
CPU Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO
Memory Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
Graphics Card MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
PSU Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
Case Corsair 400R
Cooling Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
Hard Drives Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata III, WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
Internet Speed 15MB
Antivirus Norton IS 2012, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser IE-10, FF-19
Other Info APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
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