Hydrology,
Okay you have stated some pretty far out problems within Win 7, now lets see you back them up. In other words lets see what you have to demonstrate your vast knowledge of the things that are totally wrong within Win 7.
As a Mac user (see my specs) I find your lack of knowledge in both OS's lacking. Both have there points and counter points, and what you need to do if you are going to make a blank statement as you have, is outline to us those differences.
So please step up to the plate, and give us the reasons that warrant your reasoning.
Lee, you need to go back and read my post. I have not mentioned any problems, only my dislike for Microsoft focusing on image rather than substance in this OS update. I have been using 7 since the first beta was released and although its a nice OS it does not provide any more functionality or efficiency than XP for the work that we do.
We do 2-, and 3-dimensional fluid flow modeling for surface and groundwater flow systems. We develop a lot of our own CFD software for PC's as well as Mac's, specializing in analysis as well as flow visualization. We have been using PC's and Mac's for analysis and for developing software; on PC's for 25 years and on Mac's for over 15 years. So I think that we might be a little familiar with both systems.
Although 7 was very stable when we first started to use it, as we slowly started loading a lot of the software that we use, we have noticed Numerous bugs that have bee poping up. We do use a lot of software and that will tax any OS. The problems range from simple program crashes to very serious problems like the $7,000 ARCVIEW package from ESRI which will install and run just fine, but the numerical results are occasionally incorrect. The same program running on XP runs correctly. But, I digress. I don't really have too many problems with the bugs in 7, because its a new OS and bugs are to be expected. My problem is with the fact that there is nothing fundamentally new in 7 for doing computing work. 7 is pretty and I actually like using it, but when its balls to the wall to get the work done and a product out, I use my XP machine because there is nothing in 7 that will increase our productivity or efficiency. But I do admit, its improved Microsoft's bottom line.