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I've been running dualboot vista and windows 7 now for quite a while.
At first, with the 7000 build there was a striking difference in os footprint.
The GUI is question of taste, for me i don't like it, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So i focused on overall usability, does windows 7 add sufficient improvements to warrant the expense and effort to switch?
Now with the latest vista sp2 RC versus build 7048 the difference in footprint got a lot less obvious.
Overall processor load is now about equal, core temp also. Memory footprint about equal.
Windows 7 takes 3 hours to copy 5gb from one disk to another, vista 10 minutes.
More then a few applications have 'oddities' under windows 7. IE8 makes me cry, it crashes even when opening hotmail.
The added bonus of the addition of 'libraries' escapes me, what does this do? Aggravate RSI most likely.
Wireless improvements, well i don't were wireless users live who have succesful wireless setups but they most live on a deserted island. For the rest of us getting a interference free wireless setup in a busy community is next to impossible. I had a wireless network, till my neighbour bought a wireless hifi installation. Throughput halved when he switched his tv on.
Touchscreen? Nice useless gadget outside of commercial applications. I prefer cleaning my keyboard once a day then cleaning my screen every 5 seconds.
So all in all, i fail to see a real factual non emotional imperative to switch from a stable vista setup to a new gui build on top of vista aka Windows 7. Must say the hype was perfectly orchestrated. They really learned their lesson from the epic failure with vista.
So, as soon as i buy a new box which will come with windows 7 i will use it for sure. Till then i'll keep replacing worn out parts in my 8 year old box and spend the $$$ on a graphic card or something