Known for our queuing, the British lined up in scores this morning to get their hands on Windows 7. PC World has launched a scheme similar to our car scrappage scheme, wherein you bring your old machine to them and instantly £100 off of your new machine with – yep, you guessed it – Windows 7.
If only the guys above knew that a subscription to TechNet Plus would have gotten them Windows 7 so much earlier and without the hassle 
I guess they all know what to ask for at Christmas time now! 
For those of you technophiles who haven’t been living under a rock, you know that today, August 6th, 2009, Microsoft are releasing the code for Windows 7. For those of you that have TechNet Plus or MSDN Subscriptions, the wait is over:
So, go out and download it now. HOWEVER, PLEASE * 27 (why 27? Well, it’s my favourite number), but anyways, PLEASE do a fresh install. DO NOT UPGRADE. Yes, I know you can upgrade it, but why would you want to? The first thing anyone who is going to potentially support you will ask is – did you do a fresh install? If your answer is no, ask yourself why! If something went wrong during the Beta or the RC which you might have loaded, guess what, you bring that bad stuff along with you. A fresh install is always better.
So, you ask, how do you get TechNet Plus or MSDN if you don’t have it? Well, the easiest way is to visit TechEd. Not only do you get good information from all the great speakers like my colleague Andy Malone, or even me & Erdal Ozkaya, you get a FREE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION to TechNet Plus and with it comes Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 when it comes out.
So, now I’ve said that, what are you waiting for? Go get the code complete, install it and let us know what you think…where you say? Well, naturally over at Springboard – http://www.microsoft.com/springboard/ – you’re one stop resource for Discover > Explore > Pilot > Deploy > Manage
Amber was very welcoming to us when we jumped the queue to play the slot machine and attempt to win $25,000 at the TechNet Plus stand. Unfortunately we didn’t win the 25K but we did get a free ID badge and even better yet a year’s subscription for TechNet Plus, just for attending TechEd!!
A common place for people congregating was in the queue at the Slot Machine provided by TechNet Plus. Well, not everyone was a winner, so Erdal & I showed up with some copies of Vista, courtesy of Springboard to try and lighten the mood!
May 13
In this quick interview, we talk with Samir from the TechNet plus team. Everyone from TechEd North America 2009 is getting a free copy of TechNet Plus! Cool!
