This is just great, nice to see a community help our fellow  members , great work guys and gals  I may not have contributed but starkers did and I am glad he did or I would have kicked his backside to the moon and back again   pardon the pun  but was just trying to put a smile on kona's dial lol  any way what I would like to say is that I am proud to be a member of such a great site and to help others that is truly amazing  well done everyone

Hey Shaunna....wassup!

not much bro not much how is ya

I are doin' awright, lol. Been having a blast these last few days, not just with this thread but here at home too. Finally making some headway into all the skins I got in the works. Presently working on Metropolis. I don't remember the order in which they came so I'm just grabbing one up and going with it. Tons of fun. 

Sorry, RedneckDude certainly did not mean to forget to include you...in the friggin awesome comment

thank you very much

Ed

Ram was shipped today 1-21-13 tracking number was sent...

Sorry, but today [Monday] was not a productive day for me.  As a result of pain and insomnia, I was up from Saturday morning 'til I was dead on my feet in the early hours of Monday morning, meaning that when Microsoft in Sydney was open to receive my inquiry about the purchase, I was in bed snoring my head off.  I've not had the best time of it when it comes to sleep, either, but I will make the effort to get that sorted out today [Tuesday] for you.

Yes, that might yet be necessary.  If Microsoft Sydney cannot help me to make the purchase for kona's region then I'm going to have to come up with another way, and that could well be the answer. I just didn't think it would be that difficult to gift Win 8 to someone in a different region, but that's the way it is,  It's like I said to the MS rep the other day: "You can't want my money that badly if you're putting obstacles in my way.

Being that I slept all day yesterday, I didn't manage to sort out my account issues I mentioned to you regarding Paypal, either, but once I have I'll be able to transfer the funds directly to kona so that he can make the purchase with the MS store in the US.  Now that would be the better way as it would be direct and there'd be no time delay, but if I have to resort to a 3rd party method for whatever reason, then I will contact you by PM to see what we can arrange.

Now kona, please don't worry, I will get you Windows 8 for sure. I wouldn't make you an offer not to follow through on it, so it will happen once I've made the necessary arrangements, okay.

Um, I wouldn't have been able to contribute or help kona without your continued help and support in my life, so yeah, you contributed.

Guys, I'm not in this for recognition. We all helped in one way or another.

Kona will have something he should be able to use for some time to come.

One more reason WC is THE place to be. We are family! 

The best RnD!

I still want to give Kona Win 7. Maybe he can dual boot. Its the Pro version so he gets all the bells and whistles.

You get it whether you like it or not, RND, you not wanting it makes you more deserving of it. Also, yes we all agree, it was about helping a community member , as I like to say, cool beans. I had a blast.

Sidebar, Kona, got confirmation on the phone today about the board and stuff. Also I noticrd, it appears you willbe getting some ddr2 with the board if I read the confirmation right. I should have got you a few case fans, hope you can get some free someplace, if not pm me.

I have a pair of speakers, brand new still in the box. LINK (my mom realized that her monitor had speakers built in.) I also have an ATI 2400 Pro graphics card I have no use for, and will gladly send both to you. No, they wont rock the house, and the GFX card is low spec but like new. If you have a need or use for either one, let me know. It will take me a bit of time to get shipping costs together, so let me know as soon as you can.  

The board has Nvidiagforce 6100 on board, for comparison for you all, I do not know specifics or which is better, I am an Nvidia lover though. You will have 7.1 surround, might need some speakers!.

Again, i am just offering details so you can decide better what you need.

Wizard, way cool, thumbs up from me.

As much as I applaud your effort I fear that it will not work. I haven't used my Paypal account in years and the Paypal debit card that I had with my account expired years ago. Getting a new one would take more time and effort than it's worth.

Go ahead and sent that and whatever else you were sending. Looks like I will need 7 to run a few apps 8 will not run. Are we still having an issue with a product key? Has that been resolved?

Agreed. Thanks again everyone. I really appreciate it.

No worries and thank you. What was the delivery date?

Is that card better than the onboard graphics system? No worries on speakers, I have that covered.

I'll cover the shipping, find out how much, lemme know.