Installation was quick and painless--about 30 minutes, give or take. The new "Aero" appearance is smooth and unobtrusive, and apes Apple's Leopard-style just a little bit. More important, it's quick as hell--programs open quickly and navigation through folders like Control Panel and Programs is quick as well--actions that for me have dragged in the past. Quicker than Vista, and noticeably. I've seen comparisons that show W7 is only milliseconds quicker than Vista or Snow Leopard, yet these same reviews praise it's quickness. So it may not be quicker but somehow it seems quicker.
Everything's not Just Exactly Perfect, however, though this isn't completely W7's fault per se. Some non-Microsoft programs aren't yet ready to work smoothly with it. Yeah, this was understandable a few months ago; now it's a slight pain in the ass.
I'd have expected software makers to have made adjustments. I have an Intel sound card that allowed me to run HDMI from my laptop to my tv, which was sweet. Now I only get picture but no sound, and my research shows that Intel and Microsoft are currently passing the buck on fixing it (some people have had luck with Intel's updated drivers, some have not). Nevertheless, a resolution will be along shortly one way or another so I won't sweat it.
The other hitch is my recent conversion to Google's browser, Chrome. I liked Firefox and have nothing bad to say about it, but boy do I love Chrome. It isn't loaded down with features. It's light and clean and loads quickly. However, it doesn't like working with Windows 7--but unlike my sound card, Google doesn't claim it's ready to work with W7 yet. And, considering Google's working on its own OS, maybe they don't care so much about making sure that it will.
All you really need to know is that I haven't posted in nearly 2 months but I felt compelled to sing Windows 7's praises. Make of that what you will.
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