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Here is the info I have received thus far, the price has not been annouced yet but please don't lock this thread as I will have the price shortly

Attendee's will be eligible to purchase a complete experience DIY Kit at a very attractive offer price.

The DIY Kit contains:

* One full Windows 7 Ultimate Not For Resale copy
* AMD Athlon II 620 X4 processor
* Asus 785 Graphics board

Each attendee eligible to purchase one kit only. Details on price and how to buy are coming soon to the Ready To Launch Tour page.



My response, meh, just built an i7 920 system, anyway here are the locations

October 13
Houston, TX

October 15
Dallas, TX

October 20
Tampa, FL

October 22
Atlanta, GA

October 26
Washington, DC

October 28
Newark, NJ

October 30
Boston, MA

November 2
Chicago, IL

November 6
Seattle, WA

November 9
Sunnyvale, CA

November 11
Burbank, CA

November 13
Irvine, CA

So who's in 🙂? Jay.
 
I might be interested in buying it, but there's no way anyone will send me to a convention so I am out of luck. 😛
 
I will convey the pricing information asap upon receiving it, I am guessing $159-$179, but that is PURE supposition.
 
I'm an MSDN Developer and subscribed to the AMD Developer channel and I do not receive any of these notices.
 
Originally posted by: Schmide
I'm an MSDN Developer and subscribed to the AMD Developer channel and I do not receive any of these notices.
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I'm a TechNet Plus subscriber, and I didn't receive this notice either. I'm glad I saw it here. If the DIY kits are reasonably priced, I might finally have a good reason to upgrade my Athlon X2 box.
 
Originally posted by: jaysz
Here is the info I have received thus far, the price has not been annouced yet but please don't lock this thread as I will have the price shortly

Attendee's will be eligible to purchase a complete experience DIY Kit at a very attractive offer price.



So who's in 🙂? Jay.
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Come to the Tampa show and meet me!

I will be exhibiting, I hear. 🙂

 
http://oem.microsoft.com/scrip...age.aspx?pageid=565661

Linky!



It also seems to me that the gear is toned down from previous events, would expect them to have a x4 940 or something similar, I think AMD is trying to gain the advantage at the $100 cpu price point, and so it makes sense to put this chip into a lot of hands to make an impact. Always the AMD fanboy myself the i7 920 is the first Intel cpu I have owned in at least 5 years.
 
Thanks, signed up for the Seattle event. It's on a Friday and since I have those off this seemed like it would work well. I'm also considering buying a quad core setup to replace my old opteron 165 as my HTPC and this kit would fit the bill, assuming it's cheap enough.

 
I'm in for Atlanta. Never been to one of these. I don't really have a business though. Just Non-profit work I do on the side. That good enough? 😛
 
I read the link but couldn't find an answer to my question so...
Is there a fee to register? It sounds interesting, although I'd have to wait to hear prices on the DIY kit...and if there is a registration fee that would affect my decision.
 
Originally posted by: Terzo
I read the link but couldn't find an answer to my question so...
Is there a fee to register? It sounds interesting, although I'd have to wait to hear prices on the DIY kit...and if there is a registration fee that would affect my decision.
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There was no fee for me to register.
 
I signed up for the DC event (Reston VA, actually). Coincidentally, I'm currently looking to put together a new system on a budget, and the DIY kit looks like it will be passable, while also allowing me to cancel my Windows 7 pre-order.
 
Thanks for the info and links. I enjoyed the last AMD /MS tour. Regardless of the value of any bundles or kitsch, I always find I learn a thing or two.
 
Originally posted by: Crafty35a
I signed up for the DC event (Reston VA, actually). Coincidentally, I'm currently looking to put together a new system on a budget, and the DIY kit looks like it will be passable, while also allowing me to cancel my Windows 7 pre-order.
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Me too. I usually hate these sort of things but I have been ignoring just about everything Windows 7 related so I'm curious what they will say about it.
 
Signed up for the Seattle event. Was going to purchase these parts for a media center pc (not 7 Ultimate, but still) and now I'll get them at a better price.

Thanks, OP.
 
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