ok, flash complete, i had to borrow someone xp machine for 10 minutes
the difference is amazing, i dont know whether its the new firmware or because ive gone from 203uk to global, but damm my N900 is zippier and all the hangs and problems i had before are no longer there, one was the video camera recording jumpy vids.
any uk users should flash with the global firmware
what suprised me the most was that i didnt loose any media, all my movies and music were still intact after the firmware flash, my backup sorted out my programs and tit-bits. so the whole procedure was preety darn smooth.
Kinda cool, actually.