I’m in the market for a new laptop and I’ve been waiting on Windows 7 because there was absolutely no way I was going to buy Vista. Now, I’ll wait another month or so to see how it shakes out. I’m thinking Gates better get this one right or Windows will be in deep trouble.
No need to wait. I’ve been using it since last year (I work for MS) and it’s great. Much better than Vista in every way. Performance as good in many cases and better in some aspects than XP. Driver support is better than when Vista launched, but if you have older hardware you should check. There is an “Windows 7 upgrade advisor” tool that you can download that I believe will check for you.
I’m with you. I won’t be upgrading to Win 7 until I buy a new PC. I accept the fact that 7 is better than Vista, but personally I have few problems with Vista. And I am as interested in the upgraded hardware for PVCs coming out with Win 7 loaded on them, as I am in Win 7. I’ve seen Laptops listed with 7+ hrs battery life, systems coming as is with 4gigs of RAM in them..Laptops with good not just acceptable grapihics subsystems....Buying Win 7 for my maxed out at 2 ghis RAM, 120Gig HDD system, seems like putting a 440 engine into a Ford Escort. Not knocking Ford Escorts, as I owned one, but you *know* its gonna get shaky on the turns, before you even get behind the wheel. The Escort just wasn’t built for it, no matter how you modify it.
the beta versions have been getting good reviews