I have not gotten Windows 7 yet. There are 2 reasons for that.

1.) The money - Windows 7 is fairly expensive (for me)

2.) I'd want to get a new computer which will of course make it cost much, much more.

No thank you. I will stick with Ubuntu.

An operating system is just a container to run applications. The applications I want and use all run on Ubuntu and I do not need to continuously make payments to Microsoft every time they change the wallpaper.

well windows 7 for general use as just web browsing worked fine as long as I turned down a lot of eye candy in the my computer properties but in games sure as warcraft 3 where on xp I reach the MAX fps of 60, I only get too 20 in win 7 and its not a stable playable 20 fps it jumps from 2-25 fps constantly.

I'm pretty sure its my p4 thats doing it, I have 4 stick 2 1gb and 2 512 mb both pairs in dual mode, and all 4 of them have the same CAS latency(5) and clock frequency of 800, and my graphics card is geforce 7900 GS which is able to play Dead Space on windows xp on high with a semi stable 16 fps. any idea why I have this performance loss?

I jumped on the pre-order deal of Windows 7 Home Premuim Upgrade and I planned on going from WinXP 32-bit to Win7 64-bit but I haven't yet because I'm still waiting for Intel to fix their 34nm X25-M firmware update!

But who uses it ???

Upgraded from Vista with Win7 Home on one computer. The annoying Vista glitches are now resolved. Win7 reminds me of XP with a makeover. Honestly if you have a good working system on XP it wouldn't be worth the upgrade to Win7. I would wait till your current XP system as a hardware failure and just buy yourself a new box with Win7 and get yourself another 5+ years out of a new rig with a good OS (Win7). High five Microsoft you got it right this time.

Installed it on a few development workstations and virtual machines. I ran the beta and RC1 (currently bootcamping the rtm I think on a white macbook). I will get it to replace my Vista HP 64bit installtion at home soon. There are 2 things I like alot - the different choices/modes for UAC and the improvements to Aero (the previews, shaking the window to minimse all others etc).

I doubt I will wait for a service pack either - Vista was dieing for one the moment it was released but Win7 is different.

I'm still running RC and I won't have any available cash until the new year.

Clean installed 7 64bit Pro.

Favorite feature is being able to update video drivers without a reboot.

Thanks to MSDN Alliance, and my university I had access to Windows 7 Professional a couple months before it's release, and ultimate RC a long time before that and I can only say I've loved it ever since.

Lot of new features over XP that makes a no choice in upgrading (In like or like). The the full install only took about half an hour, with full driver compatibility and no problem with my old XP programs, I can't recommend it enough for all of you.

The requirements are not that huge, and for today's hardware, if you have 2gb ram in your computer it will work.

Have it on my computer, my netbook, made my girlfriend install it in her netbook too (And you can see the new themes in an all-pinkish-shape), my dad laptop, and so on.

I've been on win7 since the RC launch and love it .. in fact I used an upgrade disk on the RC, the start/toolbar is awesome
I have been able customize it with anything I want, it could have been easier tho as many of my icons on the startbar reqired tricks to do it..
I have had no problems with gaming or multimedia work.

and remember ,, windows 7 was my idea.

I am still using XP so it will interesting reading for me regarding Windows7. I do not plan to upgrade just yet.

Cash is keeping me from getting Windows 7, that's the only thing, lol.

I'm an Ubuntu user but it's great to see windows desktop users finally happy. I may install it for a few of my friends having problems with Vista on their laptops. The more I research 7 though, the more it seems like a vista service pack, but whatever, it's the service pack to rule them all.

I actually did a fresh isntall of W7 Ult, replacing vista home premium on a Toshiba Satellite L305 a couple of months back. I've been impressed with my little 400 P.O.S. machine's performance ever since. Vista seemed to lag quite a bit with little things, such as opening folders with more than 50 images, and opening up huge PDFs, and just plain clicking around the folder structure. And thats with the RAM maxed out and a new Western Digital Scorpio Blue under the hood.

W7 SEEMS to actually be putting everything to work. I even get about an extra 15 to 20 minutes of battery life out of it with W7 as well.

I probably won't be installing it on my desktop anytime soon though. I would have to be damn sure that ALL my software has a W7 version update ready to go before i make that jump on the man-rig.

Just installed the full-blown version today, but have had the beta release running in a dual-boot for quite a while. I really love this operating system. Very fast, the new task bar and windows snap, keyboard shortcuts, magnifier, font management, etc. are terrific enhancements. So far, zero conflicts with any of my devices unlike Vista where 50% of my stuff wouldn't work upon install. Like most others, I'm deep into tweaking the system and discovering the nuances of the OS. On it's own with zero tweaks IMNHO it's the best OS that Microsoft has put out.

Some tips for installers out there. I built my new rig about a year ago. And when I tried to reinstall the MOBO (Gigabyte) drivers, many wouldn't install including the LAN driver as they were meant for Vista. And even though 99% of Vista drivers work with Windows 7, the CD version of the drivers simply wouldn't allow it. So I had to head to work and download the current drivers on my jump drive then return back home. Be sure to get all current MOBO, video card and sound card drivers before doing a clean install - don't count on the CD that came with your hardware to do the trick.

Also, even though I double-checked all of my backup stuff, I still missed my saved games folder for "Oblivion" which I was about 20 hours into. So I have to start from scratch on that game. :(

Lastly, I downloaded a couple of Steam games and was under the impression that Steam saved all data from previous play. Apparently not unless I'm missing something. Fired up "Plants vs. Zombies" and like Oblivion, have to start from scratch.

But these are problems I could have resolved with a little detective and homework prior to doing the clean install. As far as Windows 7 - if you don't have it, go buy it. NOW. :)

I have performed three installs of Win7 HomePrem, two of them 64-bit. (Free upgrade, half price upgrade and neighbor's PC.)

All three PCs have improved performance and the interface is hard to beat - the best Windows since Win2000 (That was a great corporate OS.). The only problem is on my Lenovo T61, and many have had the same issue. The strange thing is that RC1 did not have these issues!?!?

"Two base devices cannot be configured." Waiting for Lenovo to solve this issue - otherwise PC works fine, all devices seem to work fine. Will update this site when resolved.

Overall, Win7 is a great OS!

My PC is a bit old (but still does what I need). While it runs XP fine, it won't run Vista so it certainly won't run 7. My wife's netbook is the same. My son's new PC came with Vista and supposedly we get a free upgrade to 7. We'll see. I probably won't use 7 until I buy a new PC that comes with it. XP works fine -- why switch? And, like the Mac ads say, since the switch from XP to 7 essentially requires a new machine, why switch to 7? Why not also consider MacOS or Linux?

I have a ~5 year old desktop with XP Pro. At purchase, this desktop was a server level machine and, over the years, I have upgraded memory and disk capacity. This desktop still suites me well and satisfies all my needs (email, web development and Photoshop edits). I purchased a 32 bit laptop last summer to take on a planned road trip. The laptop came with Vista and a free Win7 upgrade. The upgrade came last week.

My sense is that XP was/is a stable workhorse and Vista was an attempt to add visual, razzle-dazzle to that workhorse. Win7 keeps the Vista visual razzle-dazzle but tones down most of the poorly implemented security features in Vista.. That said, XP is 32 bit and Win7 is 64 bit and that (the ability to address more memory) may be the real value of Win7.

I feel no compelling need to upgrade my desktop to Win7 but I think I may replace my desktop to a new machine, with Win7, when Adobe releases CS5 (or CS6).

I've had bad luck with Windows 7 so far. The system goes "unresponsive" from time to time, seems when I go into any new preference setting it takes two or three minutes of hard drive chugging before the properties show up. One it does whatever it needs to do for the first time, it then seems fine afterwords when relaunching the item. However, by biggest issue is video game studdering, I have a five second freeze every 20 to 30 seconds. On top of those issues, I miss my Media Player toolbar and my X-Fi sound card doesn't have an official Windows 7 application set. I manged to load the sound applets by setting Vista compatibility mode, but the volume applet in the system tray keeps disappearing on me now. And to top it off, one of my video games wanted to go through a re-activation process, only to tell me I used all my licenses. I've already reverted back to Vista and am having none of these issues I saw on 7. I guess I'll give it another try at some point when enough patches come out, or even Service Pack 1.