Hey, this windows 7 thing is great! There are glassy, see-through window frames. I can make an image backup and restore to a new disk in 10 minutes flat. I love the DVD Maker capability. What a great screen snipping tool. Search box in the Start Menu! My install experience: I was only asked about 4 questions and took less than 15 minutes total time. I love the “CPU Usage” gadget that floats around the screen. You can see what specific services are running inside “services.exe” (or dllhost.exe etc.)...

When installing new hardware, always observe the Three Golden Rules: Never insert the manufactures CD/DVD into the computer If the hardware was made by HP, see Rule #1. If there is a bright green, pink, or yellow sheet of paper in the box that says something like “STOP – insert CD and run setup before connecting your equipment”, see Rule #1. You will never want to run the manufactures installation CD. If you cannot get the hardware to work with the operating system, you might as well bring it back...

Oops. I think its time to update this toolbar’s color scheme. :-) The “XP-Blue” did not look too out of place in Vista, but stands out in Windows 7, which typically sports much lighter toolbar color themes...

I hesitate to post on the new Windows 7 beta, but ... Installation My installation is a 32-bit install into a 3Gb virtual machine running under hyper-V. The result is “no Aero for me”, which removes plenty of the new eye candy, but I have a beefy host with plenty of memory. I will normally be logged in via Remote Desktop. The installation experience is nearly identical to Windows Vista. Most of the posts I have been reading praising the installation process are likely from people who have not done...