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Thread ID: 123516 2012-02-29 20:42:00 Windows 8 beta released today (well yesterday technically, but we are ahead...) wratterus (105) PC World Chat
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1262394 2012-02-29 20:42:00 windows.microsoft.com

Downloading at a fairly good speed for ADSL2. :)

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wratterus (105)
1262395 2012-02-29 21:01:00 I'm downloading both 32 and 64bit editions at the same time. Getting a combined speed of about 4.5MB/s :D CYaBro (73)
1262396 2012-02-29 21:04:00 Cool, downloading now. Decent speed here at work :D
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Guess Microsoft learned after their last public beta of Win7 they'd need some solid bandwidth ...
Chilling_Silence (9)
1262397 2012-02-29 21:05:00 You guys... :badpc:

Ahh, but is it sunny where you are?

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We get sunshine internet, it's a bit like sunshine pay.
wratterus (105)
1262398 2012-02-29 21:08:00 Oh yes, it's sunny, but it was raining so loud this morning it woke my wife and I up at 5AM, and give it half an hour and no doubt it'll be raining again... That's how Auckland is :D Chilling_Silence (9)
1262399 2012-02-29 21:09:00 Just burning the ISO

Something to play with:thumbs:
Lawrence (2987)
1262400 2012-02-29 21:32:00 Downloading the 32-bit and 64-bit ISOs at university, as well as having a play with that installer thing. pcuser42 (130)
1262401 2012-02-29 21:54:00 Odd, I get a fish, but it doesn't seem to wanna go any further on this PC. Fish looks similar to this, but on a black background:
www.theverge.com
Chilling_Silence (9)
1262402 2012-02-29 21:56:00 Downloading the 32-bit and 64-bit ISOs at university, as well as having a play with that installer thing.

lucky you, some uni's throttle you back after 5MB.

do you guys have a spare computer to install this or are you doing it as a dual boot? i rather not mess with that ....
Nomad (952)
1262403 2012-02-29 22:00:00 lucky you, some uni's throttle you back after 5MB.

UoA charges you after 200MB if you log in using their program, but if you don't, you get unlimited data :D


do you guys have a spare computer to install this or are you doing it as a dual boot? i rather not mess with that ....

Both. :p
pcuser42 (130)
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