In Ireland and UK we have had Maxell Flash cards and usb sticks for years. I have about ten of their usb drives somewhere. They are usually the cheapest. But they don't last very long. I don't think I've ever had a flash drive that lasted a year without breaking or getting lost.

I prefer 'mo' the little robot cleaner from the movie Wall-e

sorry lads, I should have read above before i posted. Anyway, maybe by then there will be a Windows 11 beta or something to try out? ;)

It finally allowed me to download! I was just clicking on the button and nothing was happening. I

t was faster to download than the beta, Here in Ireland It took 2 minutes averaging around 12 MBps download. I remember waiting hours for the beta to download.

Lets hope the OS is just as fast!

I just saw on the Microsoft website there now that instead of the RC lasting until July 2010 like mentioned earlier, Windows will begin to shut itself down every two hours in March 2010. What the hell is that all about?

yeah well, I hope they address this in Windows 7.

I had to reinstall windows live messenger just today and a similiar annoyance occured. the installer asks me on FOUR different occasions if i wanted to set my search to live searh and install the live toolbar. Serve your customers, microsoft don't badger them.

I don't mind bloatware as long as i at least have the option of uninstalling it!

I'm a bit of an inbetweener here, not a novice not an expert so bear with me if i make any mistakes.

I have worked with windows vista since it was in beta, and i really like it, On my machines it does run fast, and it is relatively pretty.

I HATE internet explorer with a passion, and windows mail, gallery, 'anytime upgrade', Calendar, UAC, games... etc.
So i use third party apps. like firefox, etc.

Why is there no option to turn these off, like in previous versions of Windows. I'm sure these add some bloat to my system and it would simplify my menus alot to rather than having to search through everything. Is there even a folder I can delete these programs from?

I don't think its that ugly. Its black square bezel is nice, and its thin aswell. This is just a bad just a bad picture is all. The keyboard is the only thing that looks bad to me, but if its easy to use I wouldn't mind.

Not that i'm going to buy one of these things or anything, i don't need one

Poor student here, and I cannot afford to buy all that stuff, and would love it.

I remember windows ME well. Yes it crashed alot, but no more so than Win 98 that came before it. Looking back in hindsight ME introduced many of the features we take for granted today. Plug and play, A decent media player, decent web browsing and automatic updates.

These are to this day probably the most used and appreciated elements of any operating system. Cut ME some slack.

well look. Its a free service. There are lots-well some-some hd channels on sky and stuff but you have to pay a fortune to watch them. Its great for Uk and Ireland I think. Its a start, and like yer man said, they have nothing like that in America