Re: The question about whether or not Lenovo forgot everyone but you. Definitely NOT.
I haven't heard a peep from Lenovo or Mentor Media. We should not be having to hunt down this forum to find out if / when we will be receiving shipment. Keeping us informed is good business sense and common courtesy.
I, too, have the informative "black bar" in the status field. Fortunately, my credit card was charged back on October 25, just like a lot of people.
Backtracking just a bit, Lenovo and MM have handled this upgrade poorly from the start. I ordered my T400 directly from Lenovo, and then went to register for my free upgrade. There was no record of my serial number. What should have been a 5-minute deal (which is all it was for the same process with a Toshiba laptop for my wife) ended up taking a couple of hours. I had to hunt down help on what to do since Lenovo didn't communicate anything.
After submitting a proof of purchase to MM, I received an email that included the following: "You will receive another notification email upon validation of your order." Of course, I never received any kind of validation. Hoping to make sure that I would get prompt shipment of Win 7 (I still believed Lenovo and MM that orders would be shipped on the release date), I contacted MM. I got a reply that basically said nothing.
That gets me to the black bar and having to hunt down this forum to hear about all of the email updates we will be getting, that the black bar will be fixed, and, oh, by the way, we never said to expect shipment any time soon. (This last part about shipment said by moderators who apparently haven't read what was actually said. Yes, if you preordered the Win 7 upgrade, you should have it by now. Re: Win 7 on my wife's Toshiba -- already installed a while back.)
Had Lenovo advertised "Allow 4 - 8 weeks after the release of Win 7 for delivery, but don't count on that. We won't keep you informed on the status." That definitely would have made a difference in my purchase decision.
Not having Win 7 isn't the end of the world, but it is a big productivity issue. I am on this laptop 8-10 hours per day and Vista causes daily issues. I was promised this product and have paid for it twice -- first when I bought the computer since it included "free Win 7" and second when my credit card was charged to ship my free product.
If I had known that I might or might not be getting this, I could have placed an early order at Amazon for a discounted price, and actually had the product shipped on time.