Well they could have picked Albuquerque!  Having to travel to either Denver or Dallas sort of adds some cost to attending a free launch event to get a free copy of Windows 7.  it is a nice idea.  I'll just have to wait for my pre-order upgrade to get here.

yep...same here....6 hours one way to Miami or 8 to Atlanta.....

Cleveland!!!! Not possible...a shame. Thanx for the info, though.

I am less than  90 minutes away from Chicago. I am also too broke to go.

The one in my town (Atlanta) Has allready been filled

i would have to fly to america..... ill just wait till it comes here and buy it, plus i will able to afford a coke and a packet of nuts with the change...(preflight nibbles lol)

Hmmm, why is it you lot get all the good stuff for free?  There were similar events here in Oz for the launch of Vista, but as I recall there was an admission price... around AUD $210, if memory serves me correctly.  For a few pennies more I could have flown to the States and picked up a free copy while sightseeing.

Yes! It's like 15 minutes away from where I live!   Too bad I'm not a network or IT professional. Do you think I could still get a free copy?

I will be attending the Cleveland event.

Well I totally missed the part about it being for IT Professionals and Developers, wouldn't be able to attended it anyways.

w. 42 street... The garbage is like waist high over there....

That sure brings back memories;

Congress center downtown Montreal in July 95 where i simply picked up a demo CD of the first revolution in M$-OS... so we were all told as per their invitation documents.

Only problem was that an employer never cared much about some Excel work done for inventory control the summer after. By september 13th 96, i was once again outa job.

Call it the fear of change by co-workers and the floppy loops made of ONE insufficient salary leading to the first of a few more 1500$ PCs dumped in garbage, encoded to fill a waste of hopes and spent on a string of administrative tools correctly handled.

Bad timing or promising fiction? You do the math. I still owe money for studying D-Base, Lotus and whatever else Borland and plenty more couldn't save off the takeovers.

How's that for automation of office (ooops, registered brand... sorry for using the word.) duties?

Mind if i cry.

Me and my wife both will be in Dallas on Nov 4 for that event. Hope to see someone from here there!

A good 6 hour drive for me. But worth it since the company buys the gas! Plus any other expense's we figure into the trip. I like trips to Dallas myself. But would of rather gone to another event location with more stuff going on like Vegas or something.

I'll be there!

I almost signed up for it but I decided a while back I wasn't gonna leech off MS with these events anymore.  They're cool enough for IT people, but I'm no longer employed in that field.

Count me out. Too busy. Oh and hey Starkers your not upgrading to 7 are you?

Sure am.

So, "will" i... but to me any new OS has to be matched with another PC.

Recycle syndrome strikes again.

sweet.  I signed up for Houston.  Although I will still keep my $50 pre-order...I was needing a 2nd copy anyway

That second copy is for me, right?

Man, I really wish I had taken advantage of the $50 pre-order when I had the chance...

Man, I really wish that $50 pre-order was available here in Oz to take advantage of.

Sheesh, just because we're downunder, don't mean we're all sheep shagging bogans who don't appreciate modern technolergy.