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Grand Master

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you get 8Mbit via 3G :o

we dont even have 3G here :(

i have a 2mb cable.

What? I thought 3G was one of the areas where Pakistan was much ahead than India. Nevermind, I have 4 mbps ADSL connection and 3.6 mbps 3G connection for backup.

It would be up at 19:30 IST can't wait! But going out for food then will keep it downloading overnight. Should not take more than 4-5 hrs if servers can handle all the load.

Grand Master

Detection

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There is a saying the UK (my part anyway) that if sit watching the clock it will go slow or stop :D

IT'S COMING!

Yep, "A watched pot never boils" is another one

WHAT? thats really expensive man!!!.. i hope you are making good use of it :p

4 hours to go !!!! YAY!!!!!!.. imagine if they plan to release it after the conference. :p lol

Yea, does it actually say the release is set for that time or just the announcement ? lol

The WDP announcement said "The download will be available later this evening" :D

Grand Master

Ci7

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Yea, does it actually say the release is set for that time or just the announcement ? lol

The WDP announcement said "The download will be available later this evening" :D

what where?

NOOOOOOO!!!!

WHAT? thats really expensive man!!!.. i hope you are making good use of it :p

sure does ;)

Grand Master

Zain Adeel

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What? I thought 3G was one of the areas where Pakistan was much ahead than India. Nevermind, I have 4 mbps ADSL connection and 3.6 mbps 3G connection for backup.

It would be up at 19:30 IST can't wait! But going out for food then will keep it downloading overnight. Should not take more than 4-5 hrs if servers can handle all the load.

really?? We dont have 3G here. And on TV all ads i see are 3G in india. :p

although yes 2G here is inexpensive. But it hardly does the job. Its too slow.

And well its gonna take me 4 hours on my connection. If you have a 4mb connection it will take you around 2hours.... for 3.6GB ISO

The WDP announcement said "The download will be available later this evening" :D

o no man :(

ive been watching conan to pass time and ... :( i had my whole day planned for this. Ill have to download it tommorrow if it releases later the evening in Redmond.

Grand Master

Zain Adeel

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1 hour 8 minutes!!!

It'll be funny if it comes to the time and nothing happens. No announcement or anything.

Now that's the kind of thing that could make windows 8 go far.

Make everyone want it even more!

Everybody would be like

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if they said:

The download will be available later this evening

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Matthew_Thepc

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if they push the download to later this evening I would be really sad :'(

I was actually really excited that they were having it in Spain so I could start the download at 6 AM and then by the time I get home it would be waiting...like a present :D

55 minutes :D

UPDATE:

The Verge liveblog (with countdown!): http://live.theverge.com/Event/Microsofts_Windows_8_Consumer_Preview_event_at_MWC_2012?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WinRumors+%28WinRumors%29&utm_content=FaceBook

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