[keithwalton]

i think microsoft needid to setup a handfull of mirrors, or even used a torrent like some linux manufacturers have done lately. even there own servers cant cope with the sheer load put on them.
Really they should have learned a couple of weeks ago when msdn/technet/beta testers (via connect) brought there servers to a crawl.

Its a sweet os, and is far more functional than some people here think.
Its also quite stable (however i have killed it a few times) make sure you all have a lot of ram, 1 gig is the minimum i recomend for an install to use all the features.
Also turn off generating thumbnails for videos, i've killed explorer several times doing that! (uses more ram than i've got)