So for the past 7 days I have been running Windows 7 on my office PC and I can say it has gone great. I decided that I needed to reload my system due to a number of applications not running right and thought that I would go ahead and see what Windows 7 was going to be all about. So far I am impressed. The installation felt like it took less time then Vista and I know it took less effort to get installed (not as many questions). Once installed I found a number of user changes I had to get used to. Most notably the fact that the control panel no longer has the option (That I can find) to run it in classic view. This made me getting the system attached to my domain a little more cumbersome, but I was able to get it done. When I began putting my applications back on the system there were a number of the Windows "Are you sure" prompts, but there were fewer than Vista. I was able to get everything back up and running within a few hours. After a week of using it I can say that it runs faster and more stable than my Vista install ever did. I had a friend show me this
link to a page on Microsoft's site that has short new feature videos to watch. The "snap" feature is probably one of the coolest I have seen. The "shake" video is a close second. So if you have been living with Vista and want a better experience go ahead and upgrade to Windows 7. If you are on XP then you have decide if you want to do a full reload like I did. Just remember to backup your files first. If you are going to purchase a new system, be sure to get it with Windows 7, you won't regret it.