A couple of days ago, Jenn and I took advantage of a student deal with Microsoft Canada and snagged a couple of copies of Windows 7. Just the laptop has it running for now; our rather slower desktop is awaiting a gig of RAM before I upgrade it. So far I'm very pleased. With Windows 7, the laptop 'resumes' much faster than with Vista (now it fires up in under 5 seconds!), and the irritating security warnings that made Vista a headache are gone. It looks like Vista, but the filing system is nicer, and everything seems to run a little faster.
I'm looking forward to upgrading the desktop to see how the home network thing will work. If you're still contemplating the upgrade, it's worth the trouble. (The only downside so far is the work of having to reinstall all my programs and back up all my files. Vista Home Basic and XP don't upgrade cleanly, so you have to start from scratch.)
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