in durham on feb 15th?

http://www.microsoft.com/business/launch2007/signup/default.mspx

as a bonus, you get a free copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 and Office Groove 2007

1/11/2007 3:57:54 AM

ummmm no.

1/11/2007 4:00:25 AM

good call, I went to the 2k3 one. definitely learned some useful stuff ahead of the game. will attend this one too.

1/11/2007 4:47:25 AM

i got the email about that but isn't release date Jan. 30th?

1/11/2007 5:13:05 AM

i'm going here in DC

1/11/2007 9:10:38 AM

I have Office 2007 as a trial and don't like it

1/11/2007 9:21:05 AM

I think this is officially worse than lining up for star trek or anime conventions.

1/11/2007 9:42:34 AM

I'm gonna try to hit one up here in Maine.

Our technet subscription will get us free liscenses for vista and office anyway, but it would be nice to have my own copy. Also, they usually do have good information for folks who will actually be using their stuff in a corporate environment.

1/11/2007 11:06:05 AM

on a Thursday from 7:45am - 3:30pm?

i guess they expect it to be all people from businesses that attend and get the day off. I wouldn't mind going however, you could probably make a tidy profit off of selling your copy if you dont want it. I'm already getting mine from the powertogether thing a few weeks ago


and they dont even give you a CD... it says they give you an access code so that you can go download the program

1/11/2007 12:35:04 PM

I might be going

it looks interesting, and it's something i'll probably need to learn for my job

1/11/2007 12:47:52 PM

sweeeeet. An opportunity to get out of the office for a day! Signed up for the small business one on 2-15 in Durham.

1/11/2007 6:48:13 PM

what kinda deals can we expect on XP machines after launch?

1/15/2007 11:18:45 AM

What kind of XP machines do you think will be available after launch?

1/15/2007 11:25:40 AM

i'm talking about the machines already pre-loaded with XP in stores NOW

1/15/2007 11:44:24 AM

I wouldn't expect there to be much, if anything at all.

1/15/2007 11:46:36 AM

i heard on the news that a lot of the computers you buy now will get free upgrades once vista is released.

1/15/2007 12:08:03 PM

^i.e. dell

just ordered a dell from the aafes deal comes with xp media center, free express upgrade to vista home premium

1/15/2007 12:51:15 PM

I apologize, I searched and did not see this thread before I created my last one.

1/15/2007 2:58:11 PM

cause the search function isn't worth a shit

1/15/2007 3:28:39 PM

Quote :

"1990's? DirectX 9 was released in like 2002. Also, it should be noted that yeah, run it on your p3-800 and get ready for the slideshow. I mean, I know that aero glass is bloated and I don't really understand why microsoft needs a watercooled rig with SLI to get the same UI effects as OS X, but whatever. I've got a 12" powerbook thats 6 years old that can do expose and all of the other little GUI effects effortlessly, but for vista I need to get another gig of ram just so i can still get the same performance out of photoshop that I did on xp."

good point actually.....

1/16/2007 8:32:24 AM

headin' out in a bit. see ya there

2/15/2007 6:27:23 AM

im here atm, 2nd row from the back, right by the door postin on tdub

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 9:14 AM. Reason : -]

2/15/2007 9:13:37 AM

damnit, I didn't wake up in time !! Smart idea to have it the day after Valentines

2/15/2007 9:16:45 AM

damn exchange server and their 64 bit requirements.

2/15/2007 9:35:54 AM

hey how do we get our office07 copy smoothcrim?

2/15/2007 9:40:11 AM

greaatttt...a blue screen error and now their phishing filter in IE7 doesn't work. lol

2/15/2007 11:09:54 AM

^^^^ i'm signed up for the developer track, it doesn't start sign-in until 12pm, starts at 1pm

i'm headed out in a few mins, it's always nice to get free software for a few hours of my time at a conference.

2/15/2007 11:17:32 AM

you'd think with all the focus on mobility nowadays that they'd really prioritize being able to do more with less

2/15/2007 11:30:51 AM

he totally misunderstood the dude's question about encrypting traffic over wifi so you wouldn't have to ssh tunnel and stuff.

2/15/2007 11:45:05 AM

I was the dude with glasses that went up and asked him questions twice, questions you would have thought would be answered in the presentation. Like how NAP is implemented, what features will be trickling down to xp, etc.

2/15/2007 1:08:27 PM

so, i'm sitting in the back left corner of the developer track. i'm only giving half of my attention, so far he's been showing us a demo of how vista and office 2007 works and how a typical user uses it ... i can't imagine what developer in this room hasn't seen either in action before. hopefully he gets to the "how it works" and "how we make your job <strike>easier</strike> harder" soon.

i'm currently bored of him, but looking forward to picking up ofc 2007 when it's done.

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 2:11 PM. Reason : .]

2/15/2007 2:10:35 PM