A further update after a few days.
(Thanks mcobit for the hard reset option! - came in handy)
Having spent a little more time on this now I can add the following:
Having used the screen for a while I can note that on the lower part of the screen - it seems like theres a tiny gap bulging...
Let me explain that I am more or less a total noob to the OP in how it works (as in I know what it is but have no experience using it - I am a heavy Windows, android and iOS user). I don't use linux either. The idea being I start learning from hands on experience! I also used to work in QA...
Yeah I second this.
To have a full time job and then run this as a sideline and put up with the amount of flak for doing so... People can only take so much, and its hardly like Open Pandora is a full on company like Sony with a separate dept for customer service, accounting, ordering, repairs...
I have upgraded too via this method and it was relatively painless. Looking forward to finally joining the ranks.
On one note however I noted that the emails that went round said we could upgrade for $350 but after the vouchers codes the total was around $70+ more? So how does that work?