Will you make the switch to 7

No, there's simply no compelling reason for me to upgrade from either Vista or XP on my 7 desk- and lap-tops.

But I like it, and will enthusiastically use it whenever a fresh install is in order.

What upgrade?!?!? Already running RTM.

Already running it, love it.

Fully recommended to anyone not running Linux or OSX...

Google Enhancemyse7en for a free program to tweak Windows 7

Although to be honest if you know your way around the services snap in or the registry you probably know half the tweaks anyway (still faster to do it with this tool thing)

Now THATS a good price.... How many copies did you say you could buy ?.... lol

I am a Technet subscriber so I have already made the switch.

I use Roxio 9 with no problems on W7. For a RC its as good as they come.

I bought Vista Ultimate OEM with no upgrade coupon and didn't open it. After I bought it I was like "shoot! W7 is free!!" lol

Good thing for eBay! Only lost $5

I already am. Using the RC1 since it got free. Some glithces byt never looking back. x64 ofc.

been running since the first beta came out when the RC came out i switched that

I ran the RC on my backup / test system for a month, and had no troubles, so I switched my primary to the RC also. No problems so far. I only had one compatibility issue with an old image management program (Firehand Ember), now an orphan, so I ditched it for Picasa3.

Been running Win7 for several months now works great with everything even office 2010.

i just installed 7 (RC 7100) yesterday on my notebook, its a few years old, compairing it to my gfs laptop, im running a core duo 1.6 with 1 gig of ram, shes running a brand new sony vio with c2d 2ghz and 4gb ram, my notebook flys by hers without a doubt, will diffently buy it when the full retail version comes out cause other then a few querks here and there, its amazing

Vista doesn't suck if you put it in the same sentence as Me. In fact, it's almost perfect.

I knew exactly what you were talking about. I used Windows Me (it's actually a lower-case 'e') for at least 2 years and anyone who has used it for that long knows that Vista can not be compared to the abomination that was Me.

Honestly, having used Vista since pre-SP1, it isn't bad. You could make a case that XP was better in certain limited cases, but on the whole, I definitely prefer Vista to Xp. To compare it to millenium edition in any way is clear evidence that either you've never used ME, or you were about the luckiest person on the planet to have it work as well as Vista. 7 is great, and I'll be switching over pretty much as soon as it comes out.

I don't see why you wouldn't upgrade to 7 if you're running Vista, especially if you're using a laptop. Latest Tom's article suggests running Windows 7 can increase battery life by over 1 hour. It might look like Vista, but it really is a much different OS.

i have the original Me disk as well. Definitely pretty cool-looking. The only thing I liked about Me was that it had Mass Storage Drivers installed by default. System Restore never worked for me. Also, I used vanilla Me as the PC had no Internet access to get updates.

Programs and registry are both backed up I think. I know that it saved me when on Vista x64 I had an old unsigned StarForce DRM driver install itself that prevented Vista booting in all modes except Last Known Good Configuration. I then rolled back a day or two and the problem disappeared. It is not a feature to be underestimated, even though so many people disable it.

I just tried out Windows 7 back up, I did not know that 7 comes with a full back up software solution...

Not sure how good it works but it backed up my whole hard drive in like 5 minutes.
It also made a rescue boot CD/DVD for me so I could access the drive.

I used a blank DVD but after looking at it the files only take up like 160 MB's so if a DVD is cheaper use that but if a CD is cheaper use one of those... lol

So combined with system restore and my whole HD backed up, I honestly feel pretty secure

I have to say if people are even thinking about switching to 7 I would recommend it with out hesitation, Microsoft hit this one out of the park.

Edit: One thing to note it took me 5 minutes to back up my hard drive but I have 3 drives installed and this was a back up from one SATA drive to another SATA so to everyone else your back up time may vary !

It also gives you the option to back up your hard drive to multiple DVD's or CD's (I think it said CD's)

I used to pull it off on XP but I think Vista and 7 make that too much pain even when compressed. I think XP I was at like 4 DVD's and that did take a long time (no it was not just XP it was also a collection of what I considered essential tools and programs but all freshly installed)

These days I use either an external hard drive or my personal favorite a spare internal hard drive

Anything is better than being beholden to Apple's whims.